
Vanessa Veselka's Interviews
#PodcastersForJustice Award-winning author and essayist, Vanessa Veselka, spoke to me about her transformation as an artist, writing out of necessity, and the journey from nervy debut to National Book Award longlist. Vanessa is the author of the debut novel Zazen, which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2012. Her
Vanessa Veselka on what the Next American Revolution Might Look Like
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Vanessa Veselka, the author of “Zazen”, to tell a story of activism, police violence, and white guilt in a not so distant dystopian America. Vanessa Veselka has been at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex-worker, a musician, a union organizer, and a student of paleo
Author Talk 3: Unwind with Vanessa Veselka
A very Special Edition of BCPL Unstacked with Sarah and Stephen! Join us for an interview with award-winning author, musician, and adventurer Vanessa Veselka. Her latest work, The Great Off Shore Grounds, was named to 2020 National Book Awards for Fiction longlist. Come unwind with us as we discuss her writing proc
Vanessa Veselka: Approaching the Exploitation of Labor in Fiction
Vanessa Veselka is the author of the novel Zazen, which won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize. Her short stories have appeared in Tin House and ZYZZYVA, and her nonfiction in GQ, The Atlantic, Smithsonian, The Atavist, and was included in Best American Essays and the anthology Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism.
Vanessa Veselka is the guest. She's the author of the novel Zazen, now available from Red Lemonade. Says Publishers Weekly: "Veselka's prose is chiseled and laced with arsenic observations...[Zazen] makes a case for hope and meaning amid sheer madness." Endless ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices.
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