Religious History and “Distorted Takes on Genre”: A Conversation with Scott Cheshire, Part One

I first met Scott Cheshire at an Electric Literature event in the winter; not long after that, I worked on a piece for the Tottenville Review, where he’s a contributing editor. Soon after that, I read his debut novel, High as the Horses’ Bridles. It’s a bold novel, abounding with contrasts: Cheshire is equally at home writing scenes of domestic conflict and theological debate; Queens and southern California are evoked in equal measures. There’s plenty to ponder here: long discussions of family, […]

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Scott Cheshire Revisits Brooklyn for Harper’s

My earliest memory of visiting there, at six or seven, has my family walking those incredibly clean streets as if beyond them were a protected place, separate from the broken cement outside of Bethel’s borders. But mostly I remember the street names: Orange, Pineapple, Cranberry, and Water. Such nature! God lived in a concrete Eden. -from Scott Cheshire’s “God Lives on Lemon Street,” up now at Harper’s. There’s also an excerpt from his excellent novel High as the Horses’ Bridles up at Killing the Buddha.

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