Joshua Furst talks with his long-time friend James Hannaham about influences, origins, forms, and the early critical response to Hannaham’s new novel, Delicious Foods, which is out this week.
Joshua Furst grapples with the human condition by creating characters on the edge. They inhabit the fringes of society, sanity and cultural norms, but remain incredibly grounded in a common American experience, with all its oddball rituals and quirks.
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