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Rumpus Book ClubOctober 10th, 2011
The Rumpus Interview with Elissa Schappell
Elissa Schappell and I met too many years ago to say, at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. We were both waiters, which means that you serve students, scholars, fellows and faculty, and you either watch people behave badly or you behave badly with them. Even on little sleep and instant mashed potatoes, Elissa enthralled us with her wit, her ferocity, her cleverness and her sophisticated sense of style. …more
I have been stalking—I mean reading—Chang-rae Lee since his first book, 