Jess Arndt
Jun 14, 2017
4 minutes
by Catapult.
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INTRODUCED BY
Maggie Nelson author of nine books, including The Argonauts, published by Graywolf Press in 2015.
MANY people, myself included, have been eagerly awaiting a first book from Jess Arndt for some time, and now here is Large Animals, a wicked sliver of a collection that both exceeds expectations and provides innumerable deep pleasures. It’s whip-smart, innovative, rollicking, hard-core, and sweet all at once. The world’s so lucky for it. I had the chance to talk briefly with Arndt about its publication, in L.A., where we both live.
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I’m so interested in how you went about thinking about and making your “first book.” Do you think of it as a compendium of the best of everything you’ve
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