In the Beginning Was the Sea

<h4>Michael Thomsen is a writer in New York. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Slate, Bookforum, and The New Inquiry, among others. He’s also author of the essay collection Levitate the Primate: Handjobs, Internet Dating, and Other Issues for Men, and contributed an essay to City by City: Dispatches Trom the American Metropolis.</h4>

Michael Thomsen

Fiction as Memoir as Fiction: Tomás González’s “In the Beginning Was the Sea”

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

Fiction

Altai

The War for Pieces: Wu Ming's "Altai"

Michael Thomsen is a writer in New York. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Slate, Bookforum, and The New Inquiry, among others. He’s also author of the essay collection Levitate the Primate: Handjobs, Internet Dating, and Other Issues for Men, and contributed an essay to City by City: Dispatches Trom the American Metropolis.