JEFF PORTER is the author of Lost Sound: The Forgotten Art of Radio Storytelling,the memoir Oppenheimer Is Watching Me,and coeditor of Understanding the Essay.His essays and articles have appeared in several magazines and literary reviews, including the Antioch Review, Northwest Review, Shenandoah, Missouri Review, Hotel Amerika, Wilson Quarterly, Contemporary Literature,and the Seneca Review.For the better part of his career, he taught English at the University of Iowa. He loves cameras, dogs, and guitars-though not in that order. He splits his time between Milwaukee and Tucson. His latest work is Planet Claire: Suite for Cello and Sad-Eyed Lovers. For more information visit, www.jeff-porter.com.