Tess Gunty on THE RABBIT HUTCH
\u201cTo write a young woman who refuses to define herself by anything other than her activism, her mind, her curiosity, that was just a delight, and she wasn't the most predictable character, but she was the one who told me what to do on every page.\u201d How to describe Tess Gunty\u2019s dynamic debut,\xa0The Rabbit Hutch? Think Jennifer Egan + Denis Johnson. Think polyphonic novel about climate change and gentrification and coming-of-age in a dying American Dream with an unforgettable 18-year-old as its heart. Tess joins us on the show to talk about\xa0loneliness and connection, South Bend and Studebaker automobiles, needing to leave home in order to write about it, how an anxious kid became a writer, mysticism, revision, the poets and writers who inspire her and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
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Featured Books (episode)
The Rabbit Hutch\xa0by Tess Gunty
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain\xa0by George Saunders
A Visit from the Goon Squad\xa0by Jennifer Egan
NW\xa0by Zadie Smith
Great House\xa0by Nicole Krauss
Middlemarch\xa0by George Eliot
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Featured Books (TBR Topoff)
Salvage the Bones\xa0by Jesmyn Ward
The Mars Room\xa0by Rachel Kushner
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Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays, with occasional Saturdays.
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A full transcript of this episode is available here.