Rachel Cusk Reads “The Stuntman”

The author reads her story from the April 24 & May 1, 2023, issue of the magazine.

April 17, 2023

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Rachel Cusk reads her story “The Stuntman,” which appeared in the April 24 & May 1, 2023, issue of the magazine. Cusk, a Guggenheim Fellow, is the author of four nonfiction works and eleven novels, including the “Outline” trilogy and, most recently, “Second Place.”

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