Tess Gunty's novel, 'The Rabbit Hutch,' follows a brilliant, troubled young woman and charts American decline. The writer's journey is another story.
Readers thought Stephanie Danler’s debut novel, “Sweetbitter,” was autobiography. The reality, in her memoir “Stray,” is far more painfully dramatic.
“It’s one of the things that made me fall in love with her,” Powell added. “Whenever I think of Tess, I’m like ‘What happens in her mind?’ because she sees things other people don’t see. She has such a density of thought that I can’t even begin to comprehend.”There are two ways of recounting Gunty’s life so far.
it was a friend’s gift that inspired her to start writing stories as early as age 3 or 4. “She was really incredible at writing, even when we were children,” Gunty recalls. “Especially as a child, when you see another child accomplishing something great that you think only adults can do, it’s extremely motivating.” Her friend’s mother would assign the children writing prompts, and her love for the craft flourished.
“But when she did say something in class, it had the force of a revelation,” he said. “She has the ability to look at both the structure of a book and its meaning at the same time, and I was just really blown away by her narrative intelligence.”With her second collection, ‘Girls That Never Die,’ poet Safia Elhillo dives headlong into cultural taboos and feels poised for a breakthrough.
In the years Foer has known Gunty, he has come to seek out her advice. “She is one of three people I go to when I need an idea that I can’t come up with on my own, when I am puzzled and seeking clarification about something in the world, when I simply want a wise opinion,” he added.
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