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810. Kevin Maloney

Otherppl with Brad Listi

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Writing a Novel

I think there's something about like making your own life the anchor, even if you stray from that that I think keeps it honest in some way. And when I find books where I'm most excited sometimes by writers who write autobiographically but nothing big happens is almost just like they're inviting you to into a week in their life. Well, and on a related note, like there's a level I think what we're talking about is candor and an aspect of your book that I found really well done and interesting has to do with its descriptions of the body and the grotesque and sexuality. The body can be funny too.

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