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Rachel Kushner on the 10th Anniversary of Kim Gordon’s <em>Girl in a Band</em>

Rachel Kushner on the 10th Anniversary of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band

“Distance is key to the power of her performance. But it’s key to her offstage life as well.”

By Rachel Kushner | September 9, 2025

Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad

Rachel Kushner on How Clarice Lispector Disrupts Our Notions of Good and Bad

“Even as she does not mean to comfort, I feel her — here, still right here, to tell us how it really is.”

By Rachel Kushner | April 1, 2025

Rachel Kushner Once Threw a Bret Easton Ellis Novel Across Her Room (and Other Tidbits)

Rachel Kushner Once Threw a Bret Easton Ellis Novel Across Her Room (and Other Tidbits)

The Author of “Creation Lake” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Rachel Kushner | September 3, 2024

Rachel Kushner on One of America’s Great Unsung Punk Albums

Rachel Kushner on One of America’s Great Unsung Punk Albums

In Praise of Mother Juno by the Gun Club

By Rachel Kushner | August 5, 2021

Rachel Kushner and Francisco Goldman on Autofiction, Identity, and the Novel

Rachel Kushner and Francisco Goldman on Autofiction, Identity, and the Novel

A conversation about Goldman’s new novel Monkey Boy

By Rachel Kushner | June 1, 2021

A New Story By Rachel Kushner: <br>

A New Story By Rachel Kushner:
"The Mayor of Leipzig"

"I personally know the author of this story you’re reading."

By Rachel Kushner | December 9, 2020

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