I've published five books, most recently a novella, Camp Olvido, which has been optioned for the movies by the indie production company FilmScience. I've received the Donald Barthelme Prize in Short Prose, the Miami University Press Novella Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Fiction, and I currently teach at Bowling Green State University, in Ohio. Talk to me about novellas, short shorts, and what whiskey makes the best Manhattan.