"Ian Frazier is a staff writer at The New Yorker and has been contributing since 1974. He is also the author of eight books, including Dating Your Mom (1986) and Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody, (1987). His 1989 book, Great Plains, began as a three-part Reporter-at-large series for the magazine. Family, (1994) tells the history of his family in America from the early colonial years of middle-class life. His other books include On the Rez (2000),...

Four criminals, four cops in a van. On what should have been just another night on the job, police officers Esquivel & Corazon receive an order that seems simple enough at first: fix an arrest mix-up by taking a notorious group of robbers to a camp where they will be let go. But mid-transport, the orders change and Esquivel and his co-policemen find themselves having to choose between carrying out orders or doing what’s right. Official Selection...

In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, lies one of the poorest counties in America, The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. For police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk and disorderly Indians, including his own brother. Rudy's frustration leads him to take the law into his own hands. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, and his people with a life-affirming act of defiance....