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Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner
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Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner's debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2008. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Fence, Bomb, The Believer, Grand Street, the New York Times, and Artforum. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles, where she is at work an a second novel.

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Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2011
...an hour of my life every day, but the hope is that it will help my celebrities-and-celebrity-news-makes-me-want-to-pull-my-hair-out problem. Rachel Kushner , author "Telex from Cuba," a National Book Award finalist: This year I am inspired by my...
Chatham Courier, October 25, 2011
...Tasty Bites and Books Club: From noon to 1 p.m., Monday Nov. 21, “Telex from Cuba,” by Rachel Kushner;  For more information, call (908) 561-0117...
Booktrade - Book2Book, June 9, 2011
...Rafael Yglesias, and Colm Tóibín, and has introduced new writers such as Monica Ali, Dana Spiotta, Anthony Doerr, Rachel Kushner, Belinda McKeon, and Miranda July. She edited the memoirs The Liars' Club by Mary Karr, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt,...
Jacket Copy, October 7, 2011
...s Sadie Stein.Also spotted in the audience were Marisa Silver ("Alone With You"), National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner ("Telex from Cuba"), Janet Fitch ("White Oleander"), David Francis ("Stray Dog Winter"), Seth Greenland ("Shining City"), Simon...
Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial ho, June 10, 2011
...Rafael Yglesias, and Colm Tóibín, and has introduced new writers such as Monica Ali, Dana Spiotta, Anthony Doerr, Rachel Kushner, Belinda McKeon, and Miranda July. She edited the memoirs The Liars' Club by Mary Karr, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt,...
blogdowntown: Life in Downtown Los Angeles (Storie, May 13, 2011
...247 S. Main TUESDAY MAY 17 Francisco Goldman, author of "Say Her Name," in conversation with novelist Rachel Kushner. Tue May 17 7pm / ALOUD at the Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium / 630 W. 5th WEDNESDAY MAY 18 Lonesome Heroes brings their...