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Books by Rachel Kushner mentioned on podcasts
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The Mars Room
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner is a gritty, critically acclaimed contemporary novel that explores the bleak realities of the American women's prison system through the eyes of an inmate named Romy Hall.
Discussed“And "Mars Room" is about a women's prison, but this book kind of includes essays that inform all those novels.”
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The flamethrowers
"The Flamethrowers" by Rachel Kushner is a compelling novel that delves into the 1970s New York art scene, motorcycle racing, and socialist uprisings in Italy.
Discussed“and I remember reading the flamethrowers which came out like a decade ago and really liking it”
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Telex from Cuba
Telex from Cuba is a historical novel by Rachel Kushner set in an American-owned mining company town in Cuba right before the outbreak of the Cuban revolution.
Discussed“she had been invited as a new voice and she was on stage talking about her first novel Telex from Cuba a book that I had loved very much”
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Creation Lake
Creation Lake is a spy thriller novel written by Rachel Kushner.
Recommended“and that is creation Lake by Rachel Kushner”
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The Hard Crowd
The Hard Crowd is a collection of essays written by Rachel Kushner spanning two decades of her critically acclaimed literary career from 2000 to 2020.
Recommended“This is the new Rachel Cushner collection, "The Hard Crowd", it's essays from 2000 to 2020. Rachel Cushner is one of my three favorite writers currently working”
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