Jerome Charyn’s sto­ries have appeared in The Atlantic, Paris Review, Amer­i­can Schol­ar, Epoch, Nar­ra­tive, Ellery Queen, and oth­er mag­a­zines. His most recent books include the short sto­ry col­lec­tion Bit­ter Bronxand then­ov­elI Am Abra­ham. He lived for many years in Paris and cur­rent­ly resides in Manhattan.