Bolaño's first American publisher, Barbara Epler of New Directions, read a galley proof of "By Night in Chile" and decided to acquire it, along with "Distant Star" and "Last Evenings on Earth", all translated by Chris Andrews. "By Night in Chile" came out in 2003 and received an endorsement by Susan Sontag; at the same time Bolaño's work also began appearing in various magazines, which gained him broader recognition among English readers. The New Yorker first published a Bolaño short story, "Gómez Palacio", in its 8 August 2005 issue.