Richard Bausch has received the O. Henry Prize, the Best American Short Story Prize, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He is the author of Hello to the Cannibals; Real Presence; Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America, and All the Ships at Sea; Violence; and Take Me Back. Bausch’s short stories have appeared in Esquire and The New Yorker. His latest work is Thanksgiving Night.