On Such a Full Sea

<h4>Geoff Mak is a writer who lives in New York and Los Angeles. His literary features have appeared frequently in <i>Forbes</i> and <i>Flavorwire</i>. He has recently completed his first novel.</h4>

Geoff Mak

Chang-rae Lee's Dystopian America

The Facades

Death of the Black-Haired Girl

The Flamethrowers

The Yellow Birds

<h4>Ira Wells is a Toronto-based culture writer and the author of <i>Fighting Words: Polemics and Social Change in Literary Naturalism</i>. He has written essays and opinion pieces for <i>The New Republic</i>, <i>American Quarterly</i>, <i>Popular Music and Societ</i>y, Canada’s <i>National Post</i>,<i> </i>and elsewhere. Follow on Twitter at @Ira_Wells</h4>

Ira Wells

<h4>Ryan Bubalo lived in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, from 2008-2010. He taught English and helped design the Academic Preparation Program at the <a href="http://auis.edu.iq/">American University of Iraq-Sulaimani</a>. He also coached the university's first women's basketball team, which was featured in the award-winning documentary <a href="http://www.salaamdunkfilm.com/"><i>Salaam Dunk</i></a>. He currently lives in Seattle and is finishing his own Iraq war novel entitled <i>Time of Our Choosing</i>.</h4>

Ryan Bubalo

<h4>Alizah Salario is a journalist and essayist. Her work has appeared in <em>Slate</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>, at the Poetry Foundation, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn.</h4>

Alizah Salario

FICTION: NEW & NOTEWORTHY

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Necessary Errors

2013 in Review: Rachel Kushner’s "The Flamethrowers" and Caleb Crain’s "Necessary Errors"

Geoff Mak is a writer who lives in New York and Los Angeles. His literary features have appeared frequently in <i>Forbes</i> and <i>Flavorwire</i>. He has recently completed his first novel.