Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Rattawut Lapcharoensap was born in Chicago in 1979 and raised in Bangkok. He currently lives in Brooklyn and teaches high school English. He misses his family in Thailand and hopes they won't have to live under martial law for long. 'Farangs', his first published story, appeared in Granta 84. Since then, his work has been published in several literary magazines, as well as in Best New American Voices 2005 (Harvest Books) and Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (Houghton Mifflin). Sightseeing, a short story collection, is published by Atlantic Books in the UK and Grove Press in the US. It was selected for the National Book Foundation's '5 Under 35' programme, won the Asian American Literary Award and was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. 'Valets' is a new story.

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March 20 02:52

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May 8 14:20

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