A Fictional History of the United States with Huge Chunks Missing

by T Cooper

  DARIN STRAUSS is the best-selling author of Chang and Eng and The Real McCoy. He is also a screenwriter who has collaborated with Julie Taymor, Disney films, and—for the upcoming movie version of Chang and Eng—Gary Oldman. His fiction has been widely anthologized, translated into thirteen languages, and published in seventeen countries. He teaches writing at New York University.

  BENJAMIN WEISSMAN is pictured here with Ted, his snow-romping pal. Weissman is the author of two books of fiction, most recently Headless (Akashic, 2004). He teaches writing at Art Center College of Design.