The Vanishing American By Leslie Parry You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Fall 2009 / Volume 85/4 Published: September 30, 2009 Leslie Parry Leslie Parry is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction. “The Vanishing American” is her first published story.