Paul La Farge is the author of the novels "The Artist of the Missing "(FSG, 1999), "Haussmann, or the Distinction" (FSG, 2001), and "Luminous Airplanes "(FSG, 2011); and a book of imaginary dreams, "The Facts of Winter". His short stories have appeared in "McSweeney's", "Harper's Magazine", " Fence", "Conjunctions", and elsewhere. His nonfiction appears in "The Believer", "Bookforum", "Playboy", and "Cabinet". He lives in upstate New York.