Roxan gay: I respond very strong to works of art where i can really feel the artist in there, grappling and talking to me. For me with this one, auto fiction ultimately was the form, and it was the only form that it really could take. And at its best, for me as a reader, when i'm reading a really good work of auto fiction, it comes as a huge relief to me.
Described as a darkly funny meditation on creativity and family, Brad Listi joins to talk about his new book, “Be Brief and Tell Them Everything.”