Otherppl with Brad Listi

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Elizabeth Crane is the guest.  She's the author of three story collections—When the Messenger is Hot, All This Heavenly Glory, and You Must Be This Happy to Enter.  Her debut novel, We Only Know So Much, is now available from ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miles Klee is the author of a debut novel called Ivyland (O/R Books). Support indie bookstores! Shop here.Klee is also the author of the story collection True False (OR Books 2015). He lives in LA and writes for MEL Magazine.***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.Support the show on Patreon / get merch. www.otherppl.com@otherpplInstagramEmail the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] comThe podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Rash is the author of the novel The Cove (Ecco). Rash is the author of six novels, five collections of short stories, and four collections of poetry. He is also a two-time finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Prize and winner of the O Henry Prize, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Sherwood Anderson Prize, the James Still Award of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, and other honors. He teaches at Western Carolina University.Also by Ron Rash:Serena Above the WaterfallNothing Cold Can Stay Something Rich and Strange The World Made StraightChemistry and Other Stories Saints at the River One Foot in Eden The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth Burning Bright ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc.Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/otherpplpodMerch: https://cottonbureau.com/products/otherppl-podcast-official-t-shirtWeb: http://www.otherppl.comTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/otherpplInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/otherppl.podcast Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] comThe podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. https://bookshop.org/shop/otherppl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Esi Edugyan is the guest.  She's a Canadian author whose novel, Half-Blood Blues,  was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011.  It won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and is now available from Picador here in the United States. The ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jerry Stahl is the author of several books, including the memoir Permanent Midnight, which was adapted into a film starring Ben Stiller.  Stahl's other books include Perv: A Love Story, Pain Killers, Plainclothes Naked, Happy Mutant Baby Pills, Love Without, OG Dad, and I, Fatty. He has written extensively for film and television. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.Support the show on Merchwww.otherppl.com@otherpplInstagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] comGet Otherppl t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc.The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Lynch is today's guest.  He's the author of three novels, the most recent of which is Truth Like the Sun, now available from Knopf.  It was the May selection for the TNB Book Club. Janet Maslin of the New ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elna Baker is the guest.  She's the author of memoir The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance, now available from Penguin.  She's also an accomplished performer, having appeared at The Moth, on This American Life, WTF, Studio 360, Radiolab, ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edgar Oliver is the guest. He is an American stage and film actor, a poet, a performance artist, and a playwright. His poetry collections include The Man Who Loved Plants, and his plays include The Drowning Pages. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.Support the show on Patreon / get merch. www.otherppl.com@otherpplInstagramEmail the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] comThe podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Fountain is the author of the novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ecco Press). He was born in Chapel Hill and grew up in the tobacco country of eastern North Carolina. A former practicing attorney, he is the author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, which won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for Fiction. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk won the National Book Critics' Circle Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. It was then adapted into a feature film directed by three-time Oscar winner Ang Lee. Fountain's work has been translated into over twenty languages. His series of essays published in The Guardian on the 2016 U.S. presidential election was subsequently nominated by the editors of The Guardian for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary. He lives in Dallas.***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc.Support the show on PatreonMerchwww.otherppl.com@otherpplInstagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] comGet Otherppl t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc.The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices