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vanessa veselka
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Analyzing the Why: A Conversation with Jonathan Reiss
Jonathan Reiss discusses his debut novel Getting Off, his transition from actor to writer, his own past drug use, and our country's current opioid epidemic.
“So Are You Helpless, Tragic, or Stupid?”
You may remember, from when it was featured on Longform.org, Vanessa Veselka’s GQ essay “The Truck Stop Killer,” about her life as a teenage hitchhiker and her narrow escape from a…
The Transience of Identity: The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Veselka
Vanessa Veselka discusses her debut novel, Zazen, author bios, Buddhism, identity politics, and burning symbols.