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Rachel Kushner, a woman in her 50s, sits in a theatre, leaning onto the back of the chair in the next row forward.

A book cover; the lower half showing text on yellow; the upper half a black and white picture of a woman lying on cracked mud

"A week later, he disappeared."

Rachel Kushner, a woman in her 50s, wearing a black dress and sunglasses, stands outside, her arms folded.

Rachel Kushner, a woman in her 50s, sits on a tall chair, legs crossed, speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd.

Rachel Kushner, a woman in her 50s, wearing sunglasses, is on an outdoor stage, talking into a microphone.

A book cover for The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner, which is pink, and features a line drawing of a bird.

"To be truly good at something is the very highest joy … To merely witness greatness is a distant cousin, or not even related at all."

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