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Rufi Thorpe

Rufi Thorpe
Rufi Thorpe is the author of The Knockout Queen, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award; Dear Fang, with Love; and The Girls from Corona del Mar, which was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.


A Woman’s Place is in the Ring: On Gender, Performativity and the Unreal

Rufi Thorpe Considers Wrestling As a Way of Revealing the Inner Self
June 11, 2024  By Rufi Thorpe
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Rufi Thorpe on the Narrative Role of the Bystander

Writing Ordinary People Who Witness the Extraordinary
April 29, 2020  By Rufi Thorpe
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Actually, All Writers Steal

On the Theft of Myriad Details (Cigarette Brands, Orgies, Feelings About Boyz II Men)
May 24, 2016  By Rufi Thorpe
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