Rachel Kushner
| Rachel Kushner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 43–44) Eugene, Oregon, United States of America |
| Occupation | Novelist, Essayist |
| Period | 1996–present |
| Genres | fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Telex from Cuba |
Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is a writer who lives in Los Angeles. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, and moved to San Francisco in 1979. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University in 2000. Kushner lived in New York City for 8 years, where she was an editor at Grand Street (magazine) and BOMB (magazine). She has written widely on contemporary art, including numerous features in Artforum.[1] She is currently an editor of Soft Targets, praised by The New York Times as an "excellent, Brooklyn-based journal of art, fiction and poetry." [2]
Her first novel, Telex from Cuba, was published by Scribner in July 2008. It was the cover review of the July 6, 2008 issue of The New York Times Book Review, where it was described as a "multi-layered and absorbing" novel whose "sharp observations about human nature and colonialist bias provide a deep understanding of the revolution's causes." It is a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Author Page on Simon & Schuster website
- ^ Cotter, Holland (2006-08-16). “At a Group Show in Chelsea, the Art Is Sharp but the Categories Blurry”. New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-29.
- ^ Cokal, Susann (2008-07-06). It is a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award.[1] "Livin' La Vida Local" New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-07-15.
[edit] External links
- Telex from Cuba website
- Review of Telex from Cuba in The New York Times
- Review of Telex from Cuba in The Washington Post
- Review of Telex from Cuba in The Oregonian
- Feature on Telex from Cuba in Los Angeles Times
- Review of Telex from Cuba in The Seattle Times
- Feature on Telex from Cuba in Time Out New York
- Review of Telex from Cuba in Bookforum
- Excerpt from Telex from Cuba published in The New York Times
- Excerpt from Telex from Cuba published in BOMB (magazine)
- Interview on Powell's website
- Soft Targets journal
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