Caleb Powell was born in Taiwan, and has also lived and worked in South Korea, Guam, Thailand, The United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Brazil, and Argentina. He is the author of The World is a Class, a reference guide drawing on his experiences overseas, and a novella, This Seething Ocean, That Damned Eagle. He has placed stories, essays, and a novel in the William Faulkner–William Wisdom Writing Competition, including the short-listing of a novel in 2007. Recent works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have been published or are forthcoming in descant, Drunken Boat, elimae, and others. “Love: An Etymology” and “Cao: An Etymology” are published, or will be soon, in decomP and Word Riot. For more information, visit calebpowell.wordpress.com.