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  1. Episode 457 — Kristin Dombek

    15 maart 2017 · 1 uur 30 min

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    Kristin Dombek is the guest. Her new book, The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism, is available now from FSG Originals. In today's monologue, I talk about my decision to open up the archive and make the Otherppl podcast completely free of charge.
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  2. Episode 456 — David Berenbaum

    8 maart 2017 · 1 uur 20 min

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    David Berenbaum is the guest. He is an accomplished screenwriter whose credits include the Christmas classic Elf, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Will Ferrell. In today's monologue, I read some listener mail.
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  3. Episode 455 — Min Jin Lee

    1 maart 2017 · 1 uur 12 min

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    Min Jin Lee is the guest. Her new novel, Pachinko, is available now from Grand Central Publishing. It is the official February pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the interview. But I talk a little bit about the Academy Awards at the end of the show.
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  4. Episode 454 — David Shields

    22 februari 2017 · 1 uur 16 min

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    David Shields is the guest. His new book, Other People: Takes and Mistakes, is available now from Knopf. David last appeared on this program on Episode 26, in December 2011. In today's monologue, I talk about possibly starting a blog.
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  5. Episode 453 — Natashia Deón

    15 februari 2017 · 1 uur 17 min

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    Natashia Deón is the guest. Her debut novel is called Grace. It is available now from Counterpoint Press. In today's monologue, I offer outtakes from a failed attempt at a monologue. �
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  6. Episode 452 — Sarah Manguso

    8 februari 2017 · 1 uur 26 min

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    �Sarah Manguso is the guest. Her new book, 300 Arguments, is available now from Graywolf Press. In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the interview.
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  7. Episode 451 — Jonathan Herman

    1 februari 2017 · 1 uur 43 min

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    Jonathan Herman is the guest. He is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter of the film Straight Outta Compton. In today's monologue, I talk about my new email newsletter and read some reactions from subscribers��.
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  8. Episode 450 — Tom McAllister

    25 januari 2017 · 1 uur 26 min

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    Tom McAllister�� is the guest. His debut novel The Young Widower's Handbook is available now from Algonquin Books. It is the official January pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I pay tribute to Mark Baumer.
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  9. Episode 449 — Lindsey Lee Johnson

    18 januari 2017 · 1 uur 45 min

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    Lindsey Lee Johnson is the guest. Her debut novel, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth, is available now from Random House. In today's monologue, I read some listener mail in response to last week's conversation with Roxane Gay.
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  10. Episode 448 — Roxane Gay

    11 januari 2017 · 1 uur 21 min

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    Roxane Gay is the guest. Her new story collection, Difficult Women, is available now from Grove Press. This is Roxane's second appearance on the podcast. She was my guest on Episode 34, which you can listen to via Otherppl Premium. In today's monologue, I read listener mail.
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  11. Episode 447 — Vanessa Hua

    4 januari 2017 · 1 uur 28 min

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    Vanessa Hua is the guest. Her debut story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, is available now from Willow Press. In today's monologue, I talk about the holidays, Christmas presents, and New Year's resolutions.
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  12. Episode 446 — Masande Ntshanga

    28 december 2016 · 1 uur 3 min

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    Masande Ntshanga is the guest. His debut novel The Reactive is now available in the United States from Two Dollar Radio. It is the official December pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I get right to the interview. Happy New Year, everybody!
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  13. Episode 445 — Holiday Spectacular

    22 december 2016 · 45 min

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    This is the second annual Holiday Spectacular. The guests are Melissa Broder, Gene and Jenny Schlief Morgan, Amelia Gray, Lee Shipman, Ben Loory, Rich Ferguson, and Adam Greenfield. Recorded on December 10, 2016. Get the free Otherppl app. Listen via iTunes. Support the show at Patreon. Happy holidays, everyone. I should be back next week with the final episode of the year. Stay tuned...
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  14. Episode 444 — The Oracle of Los Angeles

    21 december 2016 · 1 uur 56 min

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    The Oracle of Los Angeles is the guest. Her name is Amanda Yates Garcia. She is an artist, writer, witch, healer, and oracle. Recent performance rituals include Capitalism Exorcism at Human Resources and Devouring Patriarchy at the Women’s Center for Creative Work. Other venues to feature her work include Side Street Projects, REDCAT, Public Fiction, Highways Performance Space, and the Laband and Ben Maltz galleries among others. Her writing has been featured in publications such as CARLA, Black Clock, the Rough Magickanthology, Entropy, Synema Publikationen (Cinema Magazine), and WITCH. Amanda hosts her bi-monthly show The Oracle Hour on KCHUNG radio; teaches the Magical Praxis monthly mystery school; and performs private rites of healing and empowerment at her magical studio in West Adams. Please support this podcast at http://patreon.com/otherpplpod In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the main event.
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  15. Episode 443 — Jason Diamond

    14 december 2016 · 1 uur 26 min

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    Jason Diamond is the guest. His new memoir Searching for John Hughes is available now from William Morrow. In today's monologue, I talk about the current shit show.
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  16. Episode 442 — Adam Soldofsky

    7 december 2016 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Adam Soldofsky is the guest. His new poetry collection, Memory Foam, is available now from Disorder Press. In today's monologue, I talk about cold meds and gas lines and no heat and our plumber's fear of heights.
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  17. Episode 441 — Kool A.D.

    30 november 2016 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Kool A.D. is the guest. His new novel OK is available now from Sorry House. In today's monologue, I talk about Kool A.D. and how he describes his own book. And I talk some more at the end of the show too.
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  18. Episode 440 — Sonya Chung

    23 november 2016 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Sonya Chung is the guest. Her new novel The Loved Ones is available now from Relegation Books. It was the official October pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I talk about dystopia and Thanksgiving.
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  19. Episode 439 — Jade Chang

    16 november 2016 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Jade Chang is the guest. Her debut novel The Wangs vs. the World is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In today's monologue, I talk about going pro.
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  20. Thoughts on Election 2016

    9 november 2016 · 46 min

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    I'm not doing a regular show this week. It's the day after the election and I'm not feeling all that great. It seems wrong to do a show. The only thing on my mind is the election. I don't want a guest of mine to appear this week. It's not fair to the guest. I'll be back with a regular episode next week. For now, and maybe against my better judgment, I'm gonna share my thoughts on what just happened to our country and the world. A little while ago I sat down and thought out loud and talked into the microphone. I tried to think as deeply as I could about what just happened and how best to respond. And I'm sharing it with you here. I hope that's okay.
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  21. Episode 438 — Michelle Tea

    2 november 2016 · 1 uur 27 min

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    Michelle Tea is the guest. Her new novel, Black Wave, is available now from Feminist Press. In today's monologue, I talk about Halloween.
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  22. Episode 437 — Meredith Alling

    26 oktober 2016 · 1 uur 15 min

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    Meredith Alling is the guest. Her debut story collection Sing the Song is available now from Future Tense Books. In today's monologue, I talk briefly about wine.
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  23. Episode 436 — Wendy C. Ortiz

    19 oktober 2016 · 1 uur 24 min

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    Wendy C. Ortiz is the guest. Her new book Bruja—a "dreamoir"—is available now from Civil Coping Mechanisms. In today's monologue, I basically just get right to the interview.
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  24. Episode 435 — Mike Roberts

    12 oktober 2016 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Mike Roberts is the guest. His debut novel, Cannibals in Love, is available now from FSG Originals. He also wrote the screenplay for the movie Goat, out in theaters now. In today's monologue, I talk about finishing my novel. And the election.
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  25. Episode 434 — Melissa Yancy

    5 oktober 2016 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Melissa Yancy is the guest. Her debut story collection, Dog Years, is available now from the University of Pittsburgh Press. In today's monologue, I talk about the good lives and legacies of my Uncle Elmore and my friend Barb.
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  26. Episode 433 — Rich Ferguson

    28 september 2016 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Rich Ferguson is the guest. His debut novel, New Jersey Me, is available now from Rare Bird Books / A Barnacle Book. In today's monologue, I talk about the debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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  27. Episode 432 — 5 Years of Otherppl

    21 september 2016 · 1 uur 1 min

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    Today's episode is a bit unorthodox. It's just me talking for an hour. Sorry about that. As most of you know, the podcast has been homeless since June. I've managed to have a guest each week since that time, but this week I finally hit the wall. Couldn't get my shit together. Logistically too difficult. The good news is, I should have a recording space within the next few days. The new home studio is almost done, almost operational. I even got myself some new gear to celebrate the show's 5-year anniversary. So once I get everything set up and moved into the new space, it'll be all systems go. Thanks for bearing with me. And thanks for supporting the show for the past 5 years. Here's to whatever's next. -BL
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  28. Episode 431 — Nicole Dennis-Benn

    14 september 2016 · 1 uur 11 min

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    Nicole Dennis-Benn is the guest. Her debut novel Here Comes the Sun is available now from Liveright. It is the official September pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I talk about my novel.
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  29. Episode 430 — Garth Risk Hallberg

    8 september 2016 · 1 uur 19 min

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    Garth Risk Hallberg is the guest. His debut novel, City on Fire, is available now in trade paperback from Vintage. In today's monologue, I talk briefly about my weekend trip to Wisconsin.
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  30. Episode 429 — Margaret Wappler

    31 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 28 min

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    Margaret Wappler is the guest. Her debut novel Neon Green is available now from The Unnamed Press. This is the final conversation recorded in the old garage. In today's monologue, I catch up on listener mail.
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  31. Episode 428 — S.J. Watson

    24 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 15 min

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    S.J. Watson is the guest. His novel Second Life is available now in paperback from Harper. It was the official July pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I talk about recording in a crowded house. And I talk with my daughter, who is about to celebrate her sixth birthday.
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  32. Episode 427 — Lesley M. M. Blume

    17 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Lesley M. M. Blume is the guest. Her new book is called Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece The Sun Also Rises, available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In today's monologue, I talk about Lesley's book and Ernest Hemingway.
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  33. Episode 426 — Jonathan Franzen

    10 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Jonathan Franzen is the guest. His latest novel, Purity, is available now in trade paperback from Picador. It is the official August selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. In today's monologue, I discuss being in flux. And my dog Walter.
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  34. Episode 425 — Dorthe Nors

    3 augustus 2016 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Dorthe Nors is the guest. Her new book, So Much For That Winter, is available now in the United States from Graywolf Press. I had a great time talking with Dorthe. She is, I believe, the first Danish author to guest on the program.
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  35. Episode 424 — Sloane Crosley

    27 juli 2016 · 1 uur 12 min

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    Sloane Crosley is the guest. Her debut novel, The Clasp, is available now in trade paperback from Picador. A great pleasure to have Sloane on the program.
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  36. Episode 423 — Chuck Klosterman

    20 juli 2016 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Chuck Klosterman is the guest. His new book, But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, is available now from Blue Rider Press. So great to have Chuck on the program.
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  37. Episode 422 — Frances Stroh

    13 juli 2016 · 1 uur 24 min

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    Frances Stroh is the guest. Her new memoir, Beer Money, is available now from Harper. In today's monologue, I talk about the logistics of vacationing with my family.
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  38. Episode 421 — Mike Edison

    6 juli 2016 · 1 uur 13 min

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    Mike Edison is the guest. He is the former publisher of High Times magazine and was the editor-in-chief of Screw magazine. He is also a musician and a professional wrestler. His new memoir, You Are a Complete Disappointment, is available now from Sterling Books. Great fun talking with Mike. Also heartbreaking. The title of his memoir also happens to be the last thing his father ever said to him. Brutal. But he has found a kind of peace with it, and he has written this fine memoir. Aside from that, Mike is a person who has really lived some lives. He's authored 28 pornographic novels. Has been a correspondent for Penthouse and Hustler. The professional wrestling. He's in a band. High Times. We talk about all of it. Fasten your seat belts. In today's monologue, I talk about my sense of urgency and the heat of summer.
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  39. Episode 420 — Max Porter

    29 juni 2016 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Max Porter is the guest. His debut novel, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, is the official June pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize, it is available now from Graywolf Press. Max and I spoke by telephone. He was at home in London. It was nighttime for him. I was here in Los Angeles, mid-morning. His publication story is a good one. He wrote a book that isn't easily classifiable. Usually such books have a hard road to publication. But Grief found a way, and thank goodness. It's short, poetic, and wonderfully surprising novel. There's a talking bird in it. It takes chances. Packs a punch. The fact that it has gone on to do so well is a testament to Max's vision and skill. Wise, witty, and very deeply felt. A real gift to the reader. In today's monologue, I talk about compression in literature, compression of schedule, the podcast's logistical crossroads, Kickstarter, and my need to podcast in a cloistered environment.
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  40. Episode 419 — Viet Thanh Nguyen

    22 juni 2016 · 1 uur 14 min

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    Viet Thanh Nguyen is the guest. His debut novel, The Sympathizer, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. It is available now from Grove Press. I want to say that Viet is the first Pulitzer winner ever to appear on the program. I could be wrong. (Am I forgetting someone?) I read The Sympathizer earlier this year when I was a judge for the Tournament of Books at The Morning News. (You can read my judgment here.) This was before the Pulitzer. Fortunately I had the good sense to pick it as the winner and advance it to the next round; otherwise this conversation might never have happened. Kidding aside, Viet was great. He showed up ready to talk and was everything one might expect after reading the novel: sharp, funny, opinionated, and full of stories. In today's monologue, I talk about moving. Again. I promise this will end soon.��
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  41. Episode 418 — Stephen Elliott

    15 juni 2016 · 1 uur 21 min

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    Stephen Elliott is the guest. He is the founding editor of The Rumpus, the author of seven books, and the director of three films. His latest film, After Adderall, will be premiering at the Rumpus Lo-Fi Los Angeles Film Festival on July 30th. I can't believe it's taken me this long to meet Stephen Elliott. He just moved out to Los Angeles for the summer and he came over and we sat down and talked. I admire Stephen. He does things. He gets things done. He's able to mobilize people. Build communities. He takes risks. He makes stuff. He's a writer. He's the editor of an online literary magazine. And now he's making films. He just keeps going. Great to have had the chance to meet him in person and talk to him for an hour. In today's monologue, I discuss my brief (very brief) history with adderall.
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  42. Episode 417 — Claire Hoffman

    8 juni 2016 · 1 uur 21 min

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    Claire Hoffman is the guest. Her new memoir, Greetings from Utopia Park, is available now from Harper Books. Claire is a friend of mine here in Los Angeles. She grew up in Fairfield, Iowa in an intentional community founded by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Maharishi, for the uninitiated, was a spiritual guru and the progenitor of transcendental meditation, or TM. Claire's memoir deals in family history, her experiences growing up in Fairfield, and her struggle to come to terms with what it means to lead a spiritual life. In today's monologue, I talk about my friendship with Claire, and about interruptions, and (again) about my impending move.
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  43. Episode 416 — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

    1 juni 2016 · 1 uur 18 min

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    Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is the guest. Her debut novel, The Nest, is available now from Ecco Books. Cynthia is living the dream. Or at least one kind of dream. It's a common dream: write novel, sell novel for big advance, watch as novel becomes New York Times bestseller, do media tour for novel, feel somewhat weird and even at times guilty that novel is doing so well. And so on. Really good time talking with Cynthia. Very candid conversation. And one of the best conversations I've ever had about what it really takes to make a book a bestseller. In today's monologue, I talk about moving, and customer service representatives, and spiritual depletion at the hands of customer service representatives. And also my dog's bleeding anus.
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  44. Episode 415 — Jung Yun

    25 mei 2016 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Jung Yun is the guest. Her debut novel, Shelter, is now available from Picador. Jung's novel has gotten an incredibly warm critical reception. Not surprisingly, it took years to write, the gestation was arduous, the psycho-spiritual agony along the way was often intense. This, I'm finding, is what's called "the creative process." This is what I'm learning as I do this show and have these conversations. This particular conversation I remember fondly for a variety of reasons, not least of which being that Jung is a first-generation Korean American from Fargo, North Dakota whose father is a world-renowned martial arts instructor. We had fun. In today's monologue, I read some tweets from my @BradListi twitter account. Lucky you.
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  45. Episode 414 — Nayomi Munaweera

    18 mei 2016 · 1 uur 22 min

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    Nayomi Munaweera is the guest. Her new novel, What Lies Between Us, is available now from St. Martin's Press. And here it should be mentioned that Nayomi's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, was long-listed for the Man Asia Prize. The story of that book—its arduous, unconventional road to publication and eventual glory—should be heartening to anyone out there slaving away in obscurity. Nayomi was a lot of fun. She's originally from Sri Lanka but immigrated to the States as a child by way of Nigeria. Pretty sure she's the first Sri Lankan-American author to appear on this program. Happy to share this episode with you guys. In today's monologue, I field questions from Twitter followers.
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  46. Episode 413 — Dana Spiotta

    11 mei 2016 · 1 uur 16 min

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    Dana Spiotta is the guest. Her new novel, Innocents and Others, is available now from Scribner. It is the official May selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. This is Dana's second appearance on the podcast. (Her first appearance, Episode 31, can be heard via Otherppl Premium.) I spoke with her by phone. She was at home in Syracuse, New York. We talked a lot about movies, which feature prominently in her fiction and especially in Innocents. And towards the end of our conversation, we discussed her writing process—how it tends to take her five years to write a novel, how she drafts, how she edits, and so on. It's illuminating. And that's really a good word for Dana Spiotta, as both a person and a writer. She's illuminating. There isn't much of a monologue today—I just get right to the main event—but for those of you who can't live without my rambling, I talk a bit at the end of the show.
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  47. Episode 412 — Kirstin Valdez Quade

    4 mei 2016 · 1 uur 33 min

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    Kirstin Valdez Quade is the guest. Her debut
    story collection, Night at the Fiestas, is now
    available in paperback from W.W. Norton & Company.
    I first met Kirstin on April 1, 2016, at the Ace Hotel Theater
    in downtown Los Angeles. We were standing side-by-side in the
    wings, just as she was being introduced at Literary Death
    Match. She went to walk out onstage, and as she did
    I turned to her and said, in a deadpan/jokey way, "Don't fuck this
    up." She smiled, but only kind of (to be fair, it was dark, and
    things were happening fast), and then almost immediately I began to
    question my judgment, wondering if the joke had been
    ill-advised. The good news is, Kirstin didn't hold it against me.
    In fact, she barely remembered it.
    In today's monologue, I talk about mediocrity and Hollywood and
    delusions of grandeur.
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  48. Episode 411 — Kathy Fish & Robert Vaughan

    27 april 2016 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Kathy Fish and Robert Vaughan are the guests. They are the co-authors of a flash fiction collection called Rift, available now from Unknown Press. Rift was the official December 2015 selection of the TNB Book Club. Kathy and Robert were in town for AWP about a month ago. Normally I interview book club authors in the month that their book is featured. In this case, we waited a bit so that we could record in-person. It was worth the wait. Fun meeting these guys. We got into all sorts of stuff. And I think they're the first flash fiction authors I've ever interviewed. I could be wrong. But to the best of my recollection they're the first. In today's monologue, I answer some mail from a listener. He wants to know how I feel about the work of authors younger than I am.
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  49. Episode 410 — Elizabeth Crane

    20 april 2016 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Elizabeth Crane is the guest. Her new novel, The History of Great Things, is available now from Harper Perennial.
    Great to see Elizabeth again. She came over not too long ago and sat down across from me and we caught up. Her new novel is all about her late mother. It's about other things, too, but mostly it's about her mom. We get into that. We also talk about writing and fiction vs nonfiction and childhood and fears. We talk about preconception of structure vs intuitive making-it-up-as-you-go. We talk.
    In today's monologue, I answer questions as smooth jazz plays in the background.
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  50. Episode 409 — Tony Tulathimutte

    13 april 2016 · 1 uur 25 min

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    Tony Tulathimutte is the guest. His debut novel, Private Citizens, is available now from William Morrow.
    Had a good time talking with Tony. He's a smart guy. I feel like he has a lot of intensity to him. There's a coiled intensity thing happening. He doesn't miss much. He had a hard childhood. We talk about that. His novel has gotten the kinds of reviews that debut authors dream about. It's a promising beginning to a career. We talk about that, too. We talk about a lot of stuff.
    In today's monologue, I experiment with a groundbreaking new broadcasting technique and share a short conversation I had with Bud Smith, whose novella, I'm From Electric Peak, is the official April pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club.
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