Rachel Cusk (born 8 Feb 1967) is a UK-based Canadian-born novelist and writer. Read full biography of Rachel Cusk →
The reaction to 'Aftermath' has been far worse than to 'A Life's Work,' yet I find I'm perhaps a little less touched by it.... →
Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm... →
Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference... →
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method of processing material that retains too many... →
A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing'... →
I don't think I knew that you could be a novelist. I think a lot of my students are in the same condition. I thought it was unreachable, that it... →
I have some pretty forceful ideas about the world - obviously I do. But I suppose I can only really speak about them from within the protection of a... →
I'm particularly drawn to actors in their own little drama. I find it's that area I'm very alive to. And I don't encounter it that... →
It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to... →
It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your child and want to do everything for... →
The creativity of childhood was often surrendered amid feelings of unworthiness. So the idea that others are demanding to be given it back - to be... →
The old world of England was picturesque and safe in a way that L.A. wasn't, but it was so amazingly socially cruel. I had never experienced that... →
There are certain types of slightly hysterical human characters who, rather than creating, walk around with a sense of their own potential - it's... →
Rachel Cusk (born 8 Feb 1967) is a UK-based Canadian-born novelist and writer.