E is for ether

Chris Vola is the author of Monkeytown, a novel. His work has appeared in The Rumpus, Monkeybicycle, McSweeneys Internet Tendency, Paste Magazine, and elsewhere. A former contributing books editor at The Brooklyn Rail and chapbook reviewer at Short, Fast, and Deadly, he lives in New York and can be found at smalldrunkencog.blogspot.com.