The Rumpus Interview with Joshua Mohr
Joshua Mohr discusses his memoir Sirens, writing for his daughter, and why he values art that trusts its audience.
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Joshua Mohr Reads From Damascus
At KQED’s The Writers’ Block, Rumpus contributor Joshua Mohr reads a passage from his new novel Damascus. The passage comes from the book’s second chapter and focuses on a man…
Praise for Damascus
“The author’s jaunty voice [is] Beat-poet cool…Mohr nails the atmosphere of a San Francisco still breathing in the smoke that lingers from the days of Jim Jones and Dan White,…
Josh Mohr Interview
At Bomblog, Evan Karp interviews Josh Mohr. They discuss Damascus (Rumpus Reviewed here), and Mohr elaborates on his fourth and current project, a second-person comedy. “I was trying to do…
Damascus Giveaway! (Is Now Over)
In honor of today’s Rumpus Interview with Joshua Mohr and the Rumpus Review of Mohr’s latest novel, Damascus, we are announcing a giveaway! The first ten people to email their…
The Rumpus Original Combo with Joshua Mohr
Joshua Mohr knows how easily the dark parts of the psyche can be sustained and deepened by the seamy parts of city life — drink, drugs, chronic poverty, and sad selfish…
Wayward In The Light
Set in a dive bar, Joshua Mohr’s new novel, Damascus follows a weird gang as their lives crumble. Somehow it’s still life-affirming.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #25: Chris Graham in Conversation in a Syrian Taxi
Mohaned works at a small hotel in Palmyra, a desert town in northeast Syria. On the side, he helps a friend pitch taxi rides to tourists. (Mohaned speaks Arabic and…