Otherppl with Brad Listi

In what is now possibly an annual tradition, I share my favorite fiction of the year. Specifically, my 5 favorite books. As always, it was next to impossible to choose. Lots of novels and story collections could've made the list, but the job is to narrow it down. And so I did my best. Happy holidays to all!***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Volume 26 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...our holiday spectacular and the final episode of 2024. Thank you to everyone for listening to the show. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Tony Tulathimutte is the author of the novel-in-stories Rejection (William Morrow & Co.). Tulathimutte is also the author of the debut novel Private Citizens. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, N+1, The Nation, The New Republic, and The New York Times. The recipient of an O. Henry Award and a Whiting Award, he runs the writing class CRIT in Brooklyn. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Volume 25 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the end of the Eras Tour...the legend of Luigi...Jay-Z gets hit with a lawsuit...the mystery of Gypsy...Paris Jackson paternity questions...and more...***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Jeff VanderMeer, acclaimed author of 'Annihilation' and the Southern Reach Trilogy, discusses his latest novel 'Absolution' and the creative inspirations derived from his upbringing in Fiji. He shares his experiences in adapting 'Annihilation' into film, highlighting the challenges of contract negotiations and the unexpected success of his work. VanderMeer reflects on his family’s influence in science and the importance of diverse literary inspirations. He also recounts a captivating encounter with a Florida panther, illustrating the complex interactions between nature and creativity.

Volume 24 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Thanksgiving recap...Kevin Spacey goes to Israel...the Nepo Baby Ball...Britney turns 5?...twinkish bears and bearish twinks...Brad learns about Wicked...and more...***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

A new Craftwork episode featuring a conversation with Franklin Leonard, founder and CEO of The Black List, a company dedicated to identifying and supporting remarkable screenwriting and fiction through its annual survey of Hollywood's most liked screenplays and its online marketplace for screenplays, television pilots, theatrical plays, and novels.To date, more than 400 scripts from the Black List's annual survey have been produced as feature films, resulting in more than $30B in global box office and 300 Academy Award nominations and 50 wins, including four Best Pictures and nearly half of the screenwriting Oscars awarded since 2007. Leonard has worked in feature film development at Universal Pictures and the production companies of Will Smith, Sydney Pollack & Anthony Minghella, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He's been a juror at the Sundance, Toronto, and Mumbai film festivals and one of Hollywood Reporter’s '35 Under 35', Black Enterprise magazine’s “40 Emerging Leaders for Our Future”, and Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business." In 2019, the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAe) presented him with the Evelyn Burkey award for elevating the honor and dignity of screenwriters. Leonard is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and served as an advisor for the 2022 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Exhibition "In America." He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Executives branch of the Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). His TED talk "How I Accidentally Changed the Way That Movies Get Made" has been viewed more than 1.75 million times.n 1.75 million times. ***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Volume 23 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...the drama and indulgence of Thanksgiving...Mira's husband Tyler gets his first colonoscopy....an investigation of bathroom stalls in public parks....Dax Shepard's daughter shaves his back...the Drake saga needs to end...Ellen and Portia move to England...Brad learns about Juno positions....& more....***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

A new Craftwork episode about book publicity and best practices when it comes to managing a successful book launch. My guest is Leah Paulos, founder of Press Shop PR, which offers independent book publicity campaigns to publishers and authors. Leah is also the founder of Book Publicity School, which offers workshops, coaching, and online groups to offer transparency into the publishing industry's opaque promotional processes, and to help authors advocate for their own work as effectively as possible in the modern media environment.***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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

Sarah LaBrie is the author of the debut memoir No One Gets to Fall Apart, available from Harper Books.LaBrie is a writer from Houston, Texas. Her libretti have been performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall and her fiction appears in Guernica, The Literary Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. She has held residencies at Yaddo, UCross and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She lives in Los Angeles where she has written for television shows including Minx (Starz), Blindspotting (Starz), Made for Love (MAX), and Love, Victor(Hulu). She holds an MFA from NYU where she was a Writers in the Schools fellow.***Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc.Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter.Support the show on PatreonMerchTwitterInstagram TikTokBlueskyEmail 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