Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is an American writer, known for her novels Telex from Cuba (2008) and The Flamethrowers (2013). Read full biography of Rachel Kushner →
I have spent a lot of time in the art world, and I guess I do listen to how people speak. I'm interested in what they say and how they say it.
I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to... →
Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic... →
I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I... →
I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by... →
I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in... →
Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is an American writer, known for her novels Telex from Cuba (2008) and The Flamethrowers (2013).