#  Rachel Kushner in conversation with James Wood 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 19, 2021** 

 06:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Zoom Webinar**  



 

 [ Register for a Zoom link arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rachel-kushner-in-conversation-with-james-wood-tickets-170350183986?aff=erelpanelorg) 

 



 

## Embed



 





##  [WRITERS SPEAK](/writers-speak)

##  SPEAKER: Rachel Kushner

 **[Register for a Zoom link](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rachel-kushner-in-conversation-with-james-wood-tickets-170350183986?aff=erelpanelorg)**

###  About the Speakers

 **[Rachel Kushner's](https://rachelkushner.com)** first two novels, *[The Flamethrowers](https://shop.harvard.com/book/9781439142011)* (2013) and *[Telex from Cuba](https://shop.harvard.com/book/9781416561040)* (2008), were both *New York Times* bestsellers and finalists for the National Book Award in Fiction. *[The Mars Room](https://shop.harvard.com/book/9781476756585)* has been an international bestseller, a finalist for the Mann Booker Prize, and winner of the 2018 Prix Médicis Etranger. Her most recent book, *[The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020](https://shop.harvard.com/book/9781982157692),* was published in spring 2021. Her books are translated into 26 languages. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and lives in Los Angeles.

 **[James Wood](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/james-wood)** is Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism at Harvard. He has been a staff writer and book critic at *The New Yorker* since 2007. In 2009, he won the National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism. His critical essays are collected in *The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature* and *Belief*, *The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel*, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and *The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays*. He is also the author of two novels *The Book Against God* and *Upstate*, and a study of technique in the novel, *How Fiction Works.* His most recent book, *Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019,* collects the best essays from his career into one definitive volume.

###  About the Series

 *[Writers Speak](/writers-speak), a series of literary conversations at the Mahindra Humanities Center started by [Claire Messud](http://clairemessud.com) in 2016, is convened by [Duncan White](https://scholar.harvard.edu/dew/home),* Associate Director of Studies in History & Literature at Harvard University.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ English ](/disciplines/english)
- [ Literature ](/disciplines/comparative-literature)
- [ Writers Speak ](/event-series/writers-speak)
- [ Public ](/event-type/public)
 
 

 Share on:- [     Facebook ](#)
- [     Twitter ](#)
- [     Linkedin ](#)
 


 Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/node/1413867/event-feed.ics)  Copy link link