Yet this is also Headshot’s greatest strength. The story becomes less about who will win than about what drives each girl toward a battle with no obvious reward. Bullwinkel makes us into fans.

Review: ‘Headshot’ looks at psyches of teenage girl boxers March 17, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. by The Associated Press ...

Bullwinkel brings that intimate knowledge of bodies in competition to her debut novel, “Headshot,” which takes place in Reno, Nevada, over two sweltering days in July as eight teenage girls ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rita Bullwinkel about her new novel, "Headshot." It tells the past, present, and future of eight girls who compete in a boxing championship in Nevada.

Muffled by mouth guards, the girls find other ways to communicate or, more often, miscommunicate. Kate, the planner, counts out the digits of pi while Rachel, the stylist, improvises with her feet.

Rita Bullwinkel knows a thing or two about the human body and the abuse it can take. In an interview with The Paris Review, the author, who played water polo in college, talked about the beating ...

Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel “Headshot” takes place in a rundown gym in Nevada, where eight teenage girls are competing in the final rounds of a youth boxing championship ...