Rachel Kushner
American novelist whose Telex from Cuba and The Flamethrowers are politically engaged literary novels of revolutionary heat and energy. The Mars Room explores mass incarceration with documentary precision. She is one of the most politically serious voices in contemporary American fiction.
Works
- Telex from CubaEpistolary novel set in pre-revolution Cuba told through telex messages
- The FlamethrowersExperimental novel about a female motorcyclist in 1970s New York
- The Mars RoomNarrative of incarcerated women in a California prison, their violence and survival
- Creation LakeWoman filmmaker goes undercover in a radical eco-extremist community