Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner (b. 1968) is a writer who lives in Los Angeles. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, and moved to San Francisco in 1979. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University in 2000. Kushner lived in New York City for 8 years, where she was an editor at "Grand Street (magazine)" and "BOMB (magazine)". She has written widely on contemporary art, including numerous features in "Artforum". [ [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=586149 Author Page on Simon & Schuster website] ] She is currently an editor of "Soft Targets", praised by "The New York Times" as an "excellent, Brooklyn-based journal of art, fiction and poetry." [Cotter, Holland (2006-08-16). [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/arts/design/16dee.html?ei=5088&en=58890f7f8e3dd830&ex=1313380800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print “At a Group Show in Chelsea, the Art Is Sharp but the Categories Blurry”.] New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-29.]

Her first novel, "Telex from Cuba", was published by Scribner in July 2008. It was the cover review of the July 6, 2008 isssue of "The New York Times Book Review", where it was described as a "multi-layered and absorbing" novel whose "sharp observations about human nature and colonialist bias provide a deep understanding of the revolution's causes." [Cokal, Susann (2008-07-06). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/review/Cokal-t.html "Livin' La Vida Local"] New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-07-15.]

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* [http://www.telexfromcuba.com/ "Telex from Cuba" website]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/review/Cokal-t.html?ref=review Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The New York Times"]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702407.html Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Washington Post"]
* [http://www.oregonlive.com/O/artsandbooks/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1215469597176120.xml&coll=7 Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Oregonian"]
* [http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-kushner5-2008jul05,0,3915044.story Feature on "Telex from Cuba" in Los Angeles Times]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008045493_firstnovels13.html Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Seattle Times"]
* [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/books/39081/castro-turf Feature on "Telex from Cuba" in "Time Out New York"]
* [http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/015_02/2475/ Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "Bookforum"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/chapters/chapter-telex-from-cuba.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all Excerpt from "Telex from Cuba" published in "The New York Times"]
* [http://www.bombsite.com/issues/96/articles/2832 Excerpt from "Telex from Cuba" published in "BOMB (magazine)"]
* [http://www.powellsbooks.com/ink/rachelkushner.html Interview on Powell's website]
* [http://www.softtargetsjournal.com/ "Soft Targets" journal]