Notable Online: 6/14–6/20
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: Julian Tepper
Notable Los Angeles: 3/9–3/15
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #62: Julian Tepper
Upon publication of his first novel, Balls, author Julian Tepper received pointed advice from one Philip Roth: quit. What the elder statesman, on the verge of his own retirement, was trying to say is that the writing life is “just torture,” and he should spare himself the suffering. But instead of heeding that advice, Tepper […]
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Ark by Julian Tepper
Kevin Zambrano reviews Ark by Julian Tepper today in Rumpus Books.
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The Rumpus Interview with Julian Tepper
Writer and musician Julian Tepper talks about his first novel Balls, the social stigmas surrounding illness, the appeal of lounge jazz pianists, and the imaginary boredom of Philip Roth.
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The launch party for Julian Tepper’s forthcoming novel Balls is this Thursday, June 7th at 8pm at The Oracle Club (10-41 47th Avenue, Long Island City, NY). “A New York story, a dark comedy, Balls tells of the thirty-year-old Henry Schiller, a songwriter and lounge-player, in love with a woman far younger and more musically gifted than himself, […]
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