Otherppl with Brad Listi: Books & Culture

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91. Sheila Heti Jul 29, 2012

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Sheila Heti is the author of How Should a Person Be? (Henry Holt).

Heti is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including Motherhoodand Ticknor. Her books have been translated into twenty-one languages.

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Episode 90 — Christopher Beha Jul 25, 2012

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Christopher Beha is the guest. He's an associate editor at Harper's magazine and the author of the debut novel What Happened to Sophie Wilder, now available from Tin House Books. Raves Shelf Awareness: Christopher Beha's short but intricately constructed first ... Continue reading →

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Episode 89 — Jess Walter Jul 22, 2012

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Jess Walter is the guest. He's a National Book Award nominee and the author of several novels, the most recent of which is called Beautiful Ruins, now available from Harper. Helen Schulman, writing for the New York Times Book Review, ... Continue reading →

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Episode 88 — Christopher Narozny Jul 18, 2012

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Christopher Narozny is the guest. His debut novel, Jonah Man, is now available from Ig Publishing. Raves Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers: Jonah Man is a vivid and unsettling portrait of naked American ambition, and Chris Narozny is ... Continue reading →

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Episode 87 — Scott McClanahan Jul 15, 2012

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Scott McClanahan is the guest. He is the author of several books, the latest of which is called The Complete Works of Scott McClanahan, Vol. 1, now available from Lazy Fascist Press. Volume I Brooklyn raves: He might be one ... Continue reading →

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Episode 86 — Alexis Smith Jul 11, 2012

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Alexis Smith is today's guest. Her debut novel, Glaciers, is now available from Tin House Books. Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, calls it ...lyrical and luminous... And Karen Russell, bestselling author of Swamplandia!, raves Glaciers, Alexis Smith’s brilliant debut ... Continue reading →

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85. Seth Greenland Jul 08, 2012

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Seth Greenland is the author of three novels, the most recent of which is The Angry Buddhist(Europa Editions).

Also by Seth Greenland:

A Kingdom of Tender Colors

The Hazards of Good Fortune

I Regret Everything: A Love Story

Greenland's work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Quillette, the Jewish Journal, Black Clock, and the French literary journal America.

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the author Susan Kaiser Greenland. They have two grown children.

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Episode 84 — Elizabeth Collins Jul 04, 2012

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Elizabeth Collins is today's guest. She's the editor of The Beautiful Anthology, a collection of essays, stories, and poems from TNB Books, all of which are centered on the topic of beauty. She's also the author of a memoir called ... Continue reading →

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83. Joshua Henkin Jul 01, 2012

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Joshua Henkin is the author of the novel The World Without You(Pantheon).

His other books include Morningside Heights, Swimming Across the Hudson, a Los Angeles Times Notable Book, and Matrimony, a New York Times Notable Book. His short stories have been published widely, cited for distinction in Best American Short Stories, and broadcast on NPR's Selected Shorts. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, and directs the MFA program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College.

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Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.

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Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com

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82. Jürgen Fauth Jun 27, 2012

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Jürgen Fauth is the author of the novel KINO (Atticus Books).

Fauth is also the author of Raves and The Ashakiran Tape. He lives in Berlin and Dakar.

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Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.

Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.

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www.otherppl.com

@otherppl

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