Katherine Dunn hasn’t published a novel in the 21 years since Geek Love.  But she’s been working on one, and an excerpt is coming out in the Paris Review soon, thanks to an entreaty from editor Caitlin Roper.  Also, remember that time last winter when she showed a mugger what’s up?

Portland novelist Katherine Dunn (Geek Love) fights off a would-be purse-snatcher. She is a boxer. And I am in love. That is all.