Otherppl with Brad Listi
1,265 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 477 ratingsOtherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Books, writing, literature, screenwriting, the creative process, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Watch it on the Otherppl YouTube channel. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram.
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Episode 514 — Elle Nash
April 22, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Elle Nash, author of the novel ANIMALS EAT EACH OTHER (Dzanc Books). It is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Nash's other works include the chapbooks AVOKA (Ghost City Press, 2017) and i can remember the meaning of every tarot card but i can’t remember what i texted you last night (Nostrovia Press, 2016). She is a founding editor at Witch Craft Magazine, a fiction editor at Hobart Pulp, and lives in the Ozarks with her husband and their dog. Le...
514. Elle Nash
April 22, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourElle Nash is the author of the novel ANIMALS EAT EACH OTHER (Dzanc Books). It is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Nash's other works include the chapbooks AVOKA (Ghost City Press, 2017) and i can remember the meaning of every tarot card but i can’t remember what i texted you last night (Nostrovia Press, 2016). She is a founding editor at Witch Craft Magazine, a fiction editor at Hobart Pulp, and lives in the Ozarks with her husband and their dog. *** Otherppl with ...
513. Steve Almond
April 18, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Steve Almond, author of BAD STORIES: WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY? (Red Hen Press). Almond is the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers CANDYFREAK and AGAINST FOOTBALL. He also hosts the New York Times Dear Sugars podcast with his pal Cheryl Strayed. His short stories have been anthologized widely, and he has been known to publish crazy DIY books. He lives in Massachusetts. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is ...
Episode 513 — Steve Almond
April 18, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Steve Almond, author of BAD STORIES: WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY? (Red Hen Press). Almond is the author of nine books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers CANDYFREAK and AGAINST FOOTBALL. He also hosts the New York Times Dear Sugars podcast with his pal Cheryl Strayed. His short stories have been anthologized widely, and he has been known to publish crazy DIY books. He lives in Massachusetts. Learn more about your ad choices...
512. Shauna Barbosa
April 11, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourShauna Barbosa is the author of the poetry collection CAPE VERDEAN BLUES (University of Pittsburgh Press). Barbosa's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boulevard, Lit Hub, Lenny Letter, Awl, Colorado Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Foundry, Wildness, The Atlas Review, PANK, and others. She is a Disquiet International Luso-American fellow and received her MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly...
Episode 512 — Shauna Barbosa
April 11, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Shauna Barbosa, author of the poetry collection CAPE VERDEAN BLUES (University of Pittsburgh Press). Barbosa's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boulevard, Lit Hub, Lenny Letter, Awl, Colorado Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Foundry, Wildness, The Atlas Review, PANK, and others. She is a Disquiet International Luso-American fellow and received her MFA from Bennington College in Vermont. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Learn more about your ad...
Episode 511 — Jami Attenberg
April 04, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with bestselling author Jami Attenberg, whose latest novel, ALL GROWN UP, is now available in trade paperback from Mariner Books. Attenberg has written about sex, technology, design, books, television, and urban life for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Lenny Letter and others. Her other books include INSTANT LOVE, THE KEPT MAN, THE MELTING SEASON, THE MIDDLESTEINS, and SAINT MAZIE. She lives in New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices....
511. Jami Attenberg
April 04, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourJami Attenberg is the bestselling author of the novel ALL GROWN UP, available in trade paperback from Mariner Books. Attenberg has written about sex, technology, design, books, television, and urban life for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Lenny Letter and others. Her other books include INSTANT LOVE, THE KEPT MAN, THE MELTING SEASON, THE MIDDLESTEINS, and SAINT MAZIE. She lives in New Orleans. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featu...
510. Will Mackin
March 28, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourWill Mackin is the author of the story collection BRING OUT THE DOG, available from Random House. Mackin is a veteran of the U.S. Navy His work has appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. His story “Kattekoppen” was selected by Jennifer Egan for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 2014, and his essay about being an extra on Breaking Bad, published in GQ, was nominated for an American Society of Magazine Editors “Ellie” award. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is ...
Episode 510 — Will Mackin
March 28, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Will Mackin, author of the story collection BRING OUT THE DOG, available from Random House. Mackin is a veteran of the U.S. Navy His work has appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. His story “Kattekoppen” was selected by Jennifer Egan for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 2014, and his essay about being an extra on Breaking Bad, published in GQ, was nominated for an American Society of Magazine Editors “Ellie” award. He lives in New ...
509. Lynne Tillman
March 21, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Lynne Tillman, author of the novel MEN AND APPARITIONS, available from Soft Skull Press. Her novels include Haunted Houses; Motion Sickness; Cast in Doubt; No Lease on Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and American Genius, A Comedy. Her nonfiction books include The Velvet Years: Warhol’s Factory 1965–1967; and What Would Lynne Tillman Do?, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. She lives in New York. *** Otherppl wi...
Episode 509 — Lynne Tillman
March 21, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Lynne Tillman, author of the novel MEN AND APPARITIONS, available from Soft Skull Press. Her novels include Haunted Houses; Motion Sickness; Cast in Doubt; No Lease on Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and American Genius, A Comedy. Her nonfiction books include The Velvet Years: Warhol’s Factory 1965–1967; and What Would Lynne Tillman Do?, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. She lives in New York. Learn more abou...
508. Troy James Weaver
March 14, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourTroy James Weaver is the author of the novel TEMPORAL, available from Disorder Press. Weaver is the author of three other books—WITCHITA STORIES, MARIGOLD, and VISIONS. He lives in Kansas, where he works as a florist. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter Suppo...
Episode 508 — Troy James Weaver
March 14, 2018 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Troy James Weaver, author of the novel TEMPORAL, available now from Disorder Press. Weaver is the author of three other books—WITCHITA STORIES, MARIGOLD, and VISIONS. He lives in Kansas, where he works as a florist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
507. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
March 07, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourAzareen Van der Vliet Oloomi is the author of the novel CALL ME ZEBRA (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Oloomi is the winner of a 2015 Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree, the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship in Fiction to Catalonia, Spain. She currently teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at the University of Notre Dame and splits her time between South Bend, Indiana and Florence, Italy. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi...
Episode 507 — Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
March 07, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, author of the novel CALL ME ZEBRA (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Oloomi is the winner of a 2015 Whiting Writers' Award, a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree, the recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, and a Fulbright Fellowship in Fiction to Catalonia, Spain. She currently teaches in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at the University of Notre Dame and splits her time between South Bend, Indiana and Florence, Italy. Learn more a...
506. Elif Batuman
February 28, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourElif Batuman is the author of the bestselling debut novel THE IDIOT, available in trade paperback from Penguin. Batuman's first book, THE POSSESSED (2010), a collection of comic interconnected essays about the pursuit of Russian literature, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 2010 and holds a PhD in comparative (mostly Russian) literature from Stanford University. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly liter...
Episode 506 — Elif Batuman
February 28, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Elif Batuman, author of the bestselling debut novel THE IDIOT, available now in trade paperback from Penguin. Batuman's first book, THE POSSESSED (2010), a collection of comic interconnected essays about the pursuit of Russian literature, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 2010 and holds a PhD in comparative (mostly Russian) literature from Stanford University. Learn more about your ad ch...
505. Willy Vlautin
February 21, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourWilly Vlautin is the author of the novel DON'T SKIP OUT ON ME (Harper Perennial). It is the official February pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Vlautin Vlautin has published four other novels: THE MOTEL LIFE (2007), NORTHLINE (2008), LEAN ON PETE (2010), and THE FREE (2014). Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading writers. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring ...
Episode 505 — Willy Vlautin
February 21, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Willy Vlautin, author of the novel DON'T SKIP OUT ON ME (Harper Perennial). It is the official February pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Vlautin Vlautin has published four other novels: THE MOTEL LIFE (2007), NORTHLINE (2008), LEAN ON PETE (2010), and THE FREE (2014). Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...
Episode 504 — Rachel Lyon
February 14, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Rachel Lyon, author of the debut novel SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY (Scribner). Lyon teaches for the Sackett Street Writers Workshop, Catapult, Slice, and elsewhere, and offers private writing coaching. Most weeks she sends out a free writing/thinking prompts newsletter. She is a cofounder of the monthly reading series Ditmas Lit. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
504. Rachel Lyon
February 14, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourRachel Lyon is the author of the debut novel SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY (Scribner). Lyon teaches for the Sackett Street Writers Workshop, Catapult, Slice, and elsewhere, and offers private writing coaching. Most weeks she sends out a free writing/thinking prompts newsletter. She is a cofounder of the monthly reading series Ditmas Lit. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podc...
503. Liska Jacobs
February 07, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourLiska Jacobs is the author of the debut novel CATALINA, available from MCD/FSG. Jacobs holds an MFA from the University of California, Riverside. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, and The Hairpin, among other publications. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading authors. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth inte...
Episode 503 — Liska Jacobs
February 07, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Liska Jacobs, author of the debut novel CATALINA, available now from MCD/FSG. Jacobs holds an MFA from the University of California, Riverside. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions, and The Hairpin, among other publications. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading authors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 502 — Debbie Graber
January 31, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Debbie Graber, author of KEVIN KRAMER STARTS ON MONDAY, available now from Unnamed Press. Graber's fiction has appeared in Harpers, Zyzzyva, Hobart, The Nervous Breakdown and Word Riot, among other journals. She received an MFA from the University of California, Riverside. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
502. Debbie Graber
January 31, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourDebbie Graber is the author of KEVIN KRAMER STARTS ON MONDAY, available now from Unnamed Press. Graber's fiction has appeared in Harpers, Zyzzyva, Hobart, The Nervous Breakdown and Word Riot, among other journals. She received an MFA from the University of California, Riverside. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leadi...
501. Tim Wirkus
January 24, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourTim Wirkus is the author of the novel THE INFINITE FUTURE (Penguin Press). Wirkus is the author of one previous novel, CITY OF BRICK AND SHADOW (Tyrus Books, 2014), which was a finalist for the Shamus Award and the winner of the Association for Mormon Letters Best Novel Award. He’s currently a doctoral candidate in the University of Southern California’s Creative Writing and Literature Program. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today...
Episode 501 — Tim Wirkus
January 24, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Tim Wirkus, author of the novel THE INFINITE FUTURE (Penguin Press). Wirkus is the author of one previous novel, CITY OF BRICK AND SHADOW (Tyrus Books, 2014), which was a finalist for the Shamus Award and the winner of the Association for Mormon Letters Best Novel Award. He’s currently a doctoral candidate in the University of Southern California’s Creative Writing and Literature Program. Otherppl is a free weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leadin...
500. Clay Byars
January 17, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourClay Byars is the author of the memoir WILL & I, available from FSG Originals. Byars attended The School of Letters at Sewanee, Tennessee. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, the Oxford American, and Narrative Magazine, where he serves as a consulting editor. He lives on a farm in Alabama. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify...
Episode 500 — Clay Byars
January 17, 2018 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Clay Byars, author of the memoir WILL & I, available from FSG Originals. Byars attended The School of Letters at Sewanee, Tennessee. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, the Oxford American, and Narrative Magazine, where he serves as a consulting editor. He lives on a farm in Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 499 — Lauren Haldeman
January 10, 2018 09:08 - 2 hoursBrad Listi talks with Lauren Haldeman, author of the poetry collection INSTEAD OF DYING (Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University). It is the winner of the Colorado Prize for Poetry. Haldeman is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. Her other books include CALENDAY (Rescue Press, 2014) and THE ECCENTRICITY IS ZERO (Digraph Press, 2014). A finalist for the Walt Whitman Award and National Poetry Series, her work has appeared in Tin House, Fence, the Iowa Review, and the Ru...
Goodbye 2017 with Adam & Gene
December 29, 2017 01:07 - 58 minutesBrad Listi, Adam Greenfield, and Gene Morgan gather in the studio to reflect on 2017 and eat some homemade bread, trying hard to end the year on a high note. Adam is the author of the novel CIRCA, due out in August 2018, and Gene is the founder and CEO of the literary site HTMLGiant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 498 — Daniel A. Hoyt
December 20, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Daniel A. Hoyt, author of the novel THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU, available from Dzanc Books. It is the recipient of the Dzanc Fiction Prize and the official December pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Hoyt's first short story collection, THEN WE SAW THE FLAMES, won the 2008 Juniper Prize for Fiction. He teaches creative writing, mainly fiction, and lit classes, at Kansas State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 497 — Patty Schemel and Erin Hosier
December 13, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Patty Schemel and Erin Hosier. Schemel was the drummer for the rock band Hole from 1992-98 and has just published a memoir called HIT SO HARD, available now from Da Capo Press. Hosier is a literary agent at Dunow, Carlson, and Lerner; she helped shepherd the book to publication. (Full disclosure: She is also Brad Listi's literary agent.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 496 — Bud Smith
December 06, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with author Bud Smith about his new memoir WORK, available from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Smith is a writer from New Jersey who also works heavy construction. His other books include DUST BUNNY CITY (Disorder Press), F250 (Piscataway House), TOLLBOOTH (Piscataway House), EVERYTHING NEON (Marginalia), OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT (Unknown Press), and CALM FACE (House of Vlad). This is Bud's second time on the program. He first appeared in Episode 373, on July 29, 2015. Learn more abo...
Episode 495 — Ivy Pochoda
November 29, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Ivy Pochoda, author of the novel WONDER VALLEY (Ecco Press). Her previous books include THE ART OF DISAPPEARING and the critically acclaimed VISITATION STREET (Ecco / Dennis Lehane Books), which was chosen as an Amazon Best Book of the Month, Amazon Best Book of 2013, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. A former world ranked squash player, Pochoda is originally from Brooklyn and now lives in Los Angeles with her daughter Loretta and husband Justin ...
Episode 494 — Panio Gianopoulos
November 26, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Panio Gianopoulos, author of the story collection HOW TO GET INTO OUR HOUSE AND WHERE WE KEEP THE MONEY, available now from Four Way Books. Gianopoulos is the author of the novella A FAMILIAR BEAST. His stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in Tin House, Northwest Review, Salon, The Rattling Wall, Chicago Quarterly Review, Big Fiction, The Brooklyn Rail, Catamaran Literary Reader, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in New York with his wife and three child...
Episode 493 — Emily Geminder
November 22, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Emily Geminder, author of DEAD GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES, winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Prize. Geminder's work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and elsewhere. The recipient of an AWP Intro Journals Award, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award, and a Pushcart Special Mention, she previously worked as a journalist in New York and Cambodia. She lives in Los Angeles...
Episode 492 — Elizabeth Ellen
November 15, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Elizabeth Ellen, author of the story collection SAUL STORIES (Short Flight / Long Drive Books). Earlier this year, she published a novel called PERSONA, and her poetry collection, ELIZABETH ELLEN, is coming soon. Ellen's other books include "Before You She Was a Pit Bull" (Future Tense), "Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix" (Rose Metal Press) and "Fast Machine" (Short Flight/Long Drive Books). She lives in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Episode 491 — Carmen Maria Machado
November 08, 2017 09:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Carmen Maria Machado, author of the story collection HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, available now from Graywolf Press. It is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Her memoir "House in Indiana" is forthcoming in 2019 from Graywolf Press. Machado holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Philadelphia with her wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 490 — Jarret Middleton
November 01, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Jarret Middleton, author of the debut novel DARKANSAS, available now from Dzanc Books. It is the official November selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Middleton's other book is a novella entitled "An Dantomine Eerly." He was the founding editor of Dark Coast Press and the classics library Pharos Editions, an imprint of Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. His fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in a number of online and print publications. He lives in Seattle,...
Episode 489 — Will Dowd
October 25, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Will Dowd, author of the essay collection AREAS OF FOG, due out from Etruscan Press on November 14, 2017. Dowd is a writer and artist from the Boston area. His work has appeared in Post Road Magazine, The Rialto, NPR.org, and elsewhere. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 488 — Tod Goldberg
October 18, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Tod Goldberg, New York Times bestselling novelist and author of GANGSTER NATION, available now from Counterpoint Press. Goldberg's other books include Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, and Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the director of the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. Learn more about your ad...
Episode 487 — Vanessa Grigoriadis
October 15, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of BLURRED LINES: RETHINKING SEX, POWER, & CONSENT ON CAMPUS, available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is the official October pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Grigoriadis is a contributing editor at the New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, specializing in pop culture, youth movements, and crime reporting. She is a National Magazine Award winner and has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, Dateline, and Investigation/Discovery show...
Episode 486 — Chelsea Martin
October 11, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Chelsea Martin, author of the essay collection CACA DOLCE: ESSAYS FROM A LOWBROW LIFE, available now from Soft Skull Press. Martin's other books include 'Even Though I Don’t Miss You', which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed magazine, and the novel 'Mickey.' Her work has appeared in Buzzfeed, Hobart, Lenny Letter, and Vice, and chosen as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. She is a comic artist and illustrator and currently lives in Washing...
Episode 485 — Ayobami Adebayo
October 04, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Ayobami Adebayo, author of the debut novel STAY WITH ME, available now from Knopf. Her stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, and she has worked as an editor for Saraba magazine since 2009. She has received fellowships and residencies from Ledig House, Sinthian Cultural Centre, Hedgebrook, Ox-bow School of Arts, Ebedi Hills and Siena Art Institute. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 484 — Karl Geary
September 27, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Karl Geary, author of the debut novel MONTPELIER PARADE, available from Catapult. Geary was born in Dublin, and moved to New York City at age sixteen. He cofounded two East Village institutions: the music venue Sin-é, and later the Scratcher. He has worked as a scriptwriter (Coney Island Baby) and an actor (Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet; Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall), and has adapted and directed Dorothy Parker’s story “You Were Perfectly Fine” for the screen. He lives in Glasg...
Episode 483 — Lisa Lucas
September 24, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the Publisher of Guernica, a non-profit online magazine focusing on writing that explores the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. She has also served as Director of Education at the Tribeca Film Institute, and on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. This year's National Book Awards will be held on November 15...
Episode 482 — Chiara Barzini
September 20, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Chiara Barzini, author of the debut novel THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, available from Doubleday. Barzini is a screen, fiction, and journalism writer who was born in Rome and raised as a teenager in Los Angeles, where she became obsessed with canyons, quartz, and the Grateful Dead. She now lives in Rome with her partner Luca, their children Sebastiano and Anita, two cats, and one dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 481 — Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
September 13, 2017 08:08 - 1 hourBrad Listi talks with Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of the debut novel A KIND OF FREEDOM, available from Counterpoint Press. It was recently long-listed for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Wilkerson studied creative writing at Dartmouth and law at UC Berkeley. She was a recipient of the Lombard fellowship and spent a year in the Dominican Republic working for a civil rights organization. She lives in the Bay Area, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...