All posts by Joshua Furst

April 14th, 2011

The Rumpus Interview with Geoff Dyer

What to make of Geoff Dyer?

The persona he presents in his work embodies a kind of independence, but not the fierce, fighting kind we’ve been trained to see as heroic. Rather, he contains a lackadaisical independence, a sort of why-bother-even-pretending-to-care independence. …more

July 29th, 2009

The Rumpus Interview with Jonathan Ames

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Maybe my work isn’t a cry for help. It may just be a baby’s need to cry or a dog’s need to bark.” …more

June 6th, 2009

Down in the Dumpster

pic“What Joshua Mohr is doing has more in common with Kafka, Lewis Carroll, and Haruki Murakami, all great chroniclers of the fantastic. He’s interested in something weirder than mere sex, drugs, and degradation.” …more

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Joshua Furst is the author of a novel, The Sabotage Cafe, and a short story collection, Short People. He lives in New York City.

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