The characters in Think of Me and I'll Know, Anthony Varallo's probing new collection of stories, face moments in which insight comes too late, or proves insufficient, often to humorous effect. The characters approach the edge of learning something about themselves or about their relationships with other people, only to be left with knowledge that is not particularly useful.

Anthony Varallo is an associate professor of English at the College of Charleston. His previous story collections are Out Loud (2008; winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize) and This Day in History (2005; winner of the John Simmons Short Fiction Award).