AMANDA REA lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she’s the Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellow at the Institute for Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Green Mountains Review, Iowa Review, and Indiana Review. Her father, whose songwriting is described in her essay in this issue, will release his second album this summer (www.bobreamusic.com).

A Dead Man In Nashville

by Amanda Rea, May 2009 (Issue 401)