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Interview Details
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A Very Precarious Moment: Talking with Karen Russell - The Rumpus
Publish Date
July 15, 2019
Interviewees
Karen Russell
Interviewers
Frances Yackel
Publisher
The Rumpus
Topics
Characters in the stories
Climate change
Genre-bending
Hope in uncertain times
New book - Orange World and Other Stories
Story inspirations
Vocation and calling
writing style
People Mentioned
Avery Gordon
Carmen Maria Machado
David Hume
George Saunders
Kelly Link
Kevin Brockmeier
Margaret Atwood
Ursula K. Le Guin
Works Mentioned
A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade
Her Body and Other Parties
Orange World and Other Stories
St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Swamplandia!
The Handmaid’s Tale
Places Mentioned
Dublin
Little Rock, Arkansas
Miami
Nebraska
Portland, Oregon
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