, if sometimes slightly perplexed, acclaim. Also included are occasional pieces for outlets like The New York Times Op-Ed page and Salon; a short story originally published in a 1994 anthology of fiction by gay men; a food diary for the website Grub Street; transcripts from appearances on “This American Life” (to which Rakoff was an early, frequent and especially beloved contributor); and transcripts from two interviews, one in 2001 and one in 2010, with “Fresh Air’s” Terry Gross.