Rachel Kushner’s novel The Flamethrowers, from which she read last spring at a packed Room 220 Happy Hour Salon, has been named a finalist for this year’s National Book Award. This might feel a bit like Old Hat for Kushner, whose debut novel, Telex From Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book … Congratulations, Rachel Kushner, National Book Award finalist (again!)
By Nathan C. Martin Like any historical novel—even one set in recent history—Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers is a convergence of the past and the present, the time before now rendered with the help of research but intrinsically influenced by the contemporary moment that shapes the author’s daily life. And like many novels, The Flamethrowers is … I’m not sure there is a clear distinction between “to communicate” and to “monologue”: An interview with Rachel Kushner
Join Room 220 for a Happy Hour Salon featuring readings by three exciting and celebrated novelists—Rachel Kushner, Nathaniel Rich, and Zachary Lazar—from 6 – 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, at the Press Street HQ (3718 St. Claude Ave.). Kushner, who will be visiting from Los Angeles, and New Orleans-based Rich both have new novels … HAPPY HOUR SALON: Rachel Kushner, Nathaniel Rich, and Zachary Lazar Live at the Press Street HQ
