Interview :: Rachel Kushner

A Brief Interim of Sheer Possibility a conversation with Rachel Kushner on Littoral.

Rachel Kushner writes frequently for Artforum and coedits the literary, philosophy, and art journal Soft Targets, whose focus is political inquiry, poetry, and literature-in-translation. Her debut novel, Telex From Cuba, was nominated for the 2008 National Book Award.

In this interview, she speaks extensively about her connections with and political perceptions of Cuba, the focus of her novel, which takes place in Oriente Province and Havana, Cuba, during the 1950s.