sentences:  His satire pieces have appeared in "The New York Times", "The Washington Post" Outlook section, and "Newsday", and his stories, articles, and travel pieces have been featured in "National Geographic Traveler", "The Wall Street Journal", "GQ", "Playboy", "The New Republic", and "Esquire", and on National Public Radio's Selected Shorts.His short stories have also been anthologized in such collections as "Men Seeking Women", "Writers' Harvest 2", and "Best American Mystery Stories".He has been the recipient of The Stephen Crane Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Lowell Thomas Gold Medal for Travel Journalism, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.