Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of two memoirs and two nonfiction books, including Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation and Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir, a Washington Post Best Book of 2009. His fiction has appeared in Best American Short Stories, The Paris Review, One Story, The Southern Review, Commentary, New York Tyrant and The Missouri Review, among other places. His nonfiction has appeared in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best Creative Nonfiction and Hustler magazine.