Joshua Mohr
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Veronica’s Teeth
“…people like us made our own destruction. We suicide-bombed our own lives.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Jesse Michaels
Jesse Michaels, former member of the punk bands Operation Ivy, Big Rig, and Common Rider, chats about his first novel, the thin line between fact and fiction, and how to turn off the voices in your head that scream “I’m…
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Joshua Mohr on Recklessness
Joshua Mohr, novelist and San Francisco resident, sits down with HTML Giant’s Weston Cutter to discuss craft, and his newest novel, Fight Song, in this brilliant interview: As artists, evolution is important. Learning and growing is important. I want to have the…
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A Stellar Episode of a Stellar Lit Podcast
If you’re on the lookout for great podcasts about writing and writers (who isn’t?), you’ll want to stick Litquake’s LitCast in your earbuds. Their latest episode features novelist Joshua Mohr and Guggenheim fellow/Believer Book Award winner Sam Lipsyte, live at…
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“Fight Song,” by Joshua Mohr
Fight Song, Joshua Mohr’s fourth novel, is a suburban picaresque about a character cursed with a name that highlights his own mediocrity and the futility of his efforts: Bob Coffen. In line with the schlubby antiheroes of Sam Lipstye and…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you were too busy preparing kickass hors d’oeuvres for your Oscars party to read The Rumpus this weekend, we understand, and we’re here to help. Here’s what you missed. An enchanting comic about an invisible crown by Yumi Sakugawa.…
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Joshua Mohr
Anisse Gross talks with Joshua Mohr about his latest novel, “a call to arms against complacency, a rally towards reclaiming one’s own individuality.”
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Scout’s Honor!
Joshua Mohr has released a book trailer for his forthcoming novel, Fight Song. (It was filmed here at The Rumpus offices!) You can read the Rumpus interview between Mohr and Michelle Haimoff, and mark your calendars for his novel-based performance at City Lights Bookstore on…
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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 named Owen whose below-the-nose birthmark resembles a Hitler mustache. In…
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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 address to eric AT twodollarradio.com will receive a free copy…
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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 sex.