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Ottessa Moshfegh on Creative Inspiration, Mental Anguish, Substance Abuse, Sobriety, and Writing Into the Dark Places

Otherppl with Brad Listi

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This episode of The Other People Show is brought to you by the feminist press, publisher of a book called Body Horror, Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes. Best-selling author Otessa Moshfag was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award and The Man Booker Prize. We talk about her approach to her work, the impact of sobriety on her fiction, and her feelings about the tension between darkness and lightness in a work of art.

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