Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly books and culture podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading authors. Literature, screenwriting, the creative process, pop culture, and more. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Bluesky and Instagram.

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Mar 7, 2012 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 50 — Maud Newton
Maud Newton is the guest. One of the web's most influential book bloggers. She also reviews books and is a former attorney who now works as an editor and writer for (a legal publishing division of) Thomson Reuters.
Mar 4, 2012 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 49 — Joe Blair
Joe Blair is the guest. He's the author of the memoir BY THE IOWA SEA, now available from Scribner. Scott Spencer, author of 'Main in the Woods,' raves: An intimate, startling memoir that honors and elevates our quotidian existence.
Feb 29, 2012 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 48 — Ramona Ausubel
Ramona Ausubel is the guest. Her debut novel, No One is Here Except All of Us, is now available in hardcover from Riverhead Press. And her short story "Atria" was published in the April 4, 2011 issue of The New Yorker. -
Feb 26, 2012 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 47 — Ryan Boudinot
Ryan Boudinot is the guest. He's the author of the new novel, BLUEPRINTS OF THE AFTERLIFE, now available from Grove Press. John Schwartz, in a review for the New York Times, raves: "A fierce literary imagination,
Feb 22, 2012 · 1 hr 22 min
Episode 46 — Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed is the guest. She's the author of the new memoir WILD, due out from Knopf on March 20, 2012. And she's also Sugar, the popular advice columnist over at The Rumpus. WILD, which details Strayed's 1,
Feb 19, 2012 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 45 — Adam Wilson
Adam Wilson is the guest. He's the author of the debut novel FLATSCREEN, now available from Harper Perennial. Raves Sam Lipsyte: "Adam Wilson is a gutsy, funny, and often beautiful writer, and 'Flatscreen' is one of the most hilarious and commanding...
Feb 15, 2012 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 44 — Eleanor Henderson
Eleanor Henderson is the guest. She's the author of the debut novel TEN THOUSAND SAINTS, now available in trade paperback from Ecco. It was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review. In a glowing review for the Times,
Feb 12, 2012 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 43 — Ben Marcus
Ben Marcus is today's guest. He's the author of four books of fiction, the most recent of which is the critically acclaimed novel THE FLAME ALPHABET, now available from Knopf. "Think again," writes Fiona Maazel at Book Forum.
Feb 8, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 42 — Ben Tanzer
Ben Tanzer is the guest. He's the author of several books, including 99 Problems, You Can Make Him Like You, and My Father's House. He is also the proprietor of vast faux media empire. Michael Fitzgerald, author of Radiant Days,
Feb 5, 2012 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 41 — Claire Bidwell Smith
Claire Bidwell Smith is the guest. She's the author of the memoir THE RULES OF INHERITANCE, available now from Hudson Street Press. Darin Strauss, the author of Half a Life, calls it "a perfectly crafted story — not about grief,
Feb 1, 2012 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 40 — Susan Sherman
Susan Sherman is the guest. She's the author of the acclaimed debut novel THE LITTLE RUSSIAN, now available from Counterpoint Press. And she's also the co-creator of one of the most successful television shows in the history of Disney.
Jan 29, 2012 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 39 — Caroline Leavitt
Caroline Leavitt is the guest. She's the author of nine novels, the most recent of which is called PICTURES OF YOU, a New York Times bestseller, now available from Algonquin Books. Kirkus Reviews calls it "heartfelt, deft, and highly readable fiction.
Jan 25, 2012 · 1 hr 18 min
Episode 38 — Vanessa Veselka
Vanessa Veselka is the guest. She's the author of the novel ZAZEN, now available from Red Lemonade. Says Publishers Weekly: "Veselka's prose is chiseled and laced with arsenic observations...[Zazen] makes a case for hope and meaning amid sheer madne...
Jan 22, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 37 — Alan Heathcock
Alan Heathcock is the guest. He is the author of the critically acclaimed story collection VOLT, now available from Graywolf Press. Volt was named a Best Book of 2011 by a variety of publications, including Publishers Weekly, GQ, the Chicago Tribune,
Jan 18, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 36 — D.R. Haney
D.R. Haney is the guest. He's the author of the novel BANNED FOR LIFE (And/Or Press) and the nonfiction collection SUBVERSIA, now available from TNB Books. PANK magazine calls it "...heartfelt and personal...a joyful read...
Jan 15, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 35 — Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones is the guest. She is the author of the novel SILVER SPARROW, now available from Algonquin Books. Library Journal, in a starred review, calls it a "a graceful and shining work about finding the truth.
Jan 11, 2012 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 34 — Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay is the guest. Her debut, AYITI, is a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and it is now available from Artistically Declined Press. She is an English professor at Eastern Illinois University, co-editor of PANK magazine,
Jan 8, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 33 — Rex Pickett
Rex Pickett is the guest. He's the author of the novel SIDEWAYS, which was adapted for the screen by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. The movie went on to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, among many other awards,
Jan 4, 2012 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 32 — Cecil Castellucci
The guest is Cecil Castellucci. She's the author of several novels for young adults, the most recent of which is FIRST DAY ON EARTH, now available from Scholastic Press. Kirkus calls it "a simple, tender work that speaks to the alien in all of us.
Jan 1, 2012 · 1 hr 21 min
Episode 31 — Dana Spiotta
Dana Spiotta is the guest. She's the author of three novels: Lightning Field, Eat the Document (a finalist for the National Book Award), and, most recently, Stone Arabia, now available from Scribner. Publishers Weekly calls it "extraordinary...