Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first work of non-fiction (his third book), a collection of very personal essays by this author who was named one of the best young fiction writers in the US by Granta magazine. They explore "the difficulties of finding one's place in the world without letting go of where we came from. From his television-obsessed childhood in the North Carolina mountains to his new family, he presents his life with straightforward humanity." 172 pp. ISBN: 1565123026.