Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi talks with Patty Schemel and Erin Hosier. Schemel was the drummer for the rock band Hole from 1992-98 and has just published a memoir called HIT SO HARD, available now from Da Capo Press. Hosier is a literary agent at Dunow, Carlson, and Lerner; she helped shepherd the book to publication. (Full disclosure: She is also Brad Listi's literary agent.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with author Bud Smith about his new memoir WORK, available from Civil Coping Mechanisms. Smith is a writer from New Jersey who also works heavy construction. His other books include DUST BUNNY CITY (Disorder Press), F250 (Piscataway House), TOLLBOOTH (Piscataway House), EVERYTHING NEON (Marginalia), OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT (Unknown Press), and CALM FACE (House of Vlad). This is Bud's second time on the program. He first appeared in Episode 373, on July 29, 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Ivy Pochoda, author of the novel WONDER VALLEY (Ecco Press). Her previous books include THE ART OF DISAPPEARING and the critically acclaimed VISITATION STREET (Ecco / Dennis Lehane Books), which was chosen as an Amazon Best Book of the Month, Amazon Best Book of 2013, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. A former world ranked squash player, Pochoda is originally from Brooklyn and now lives in Los Angeles with her daughter Loretta and husband Justin Nowell.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Panio Gianopoulos, author of the story collection HOW TO GET INTO OUR HOUSE AND WHERE WE KEEP THE MONEY, available now from Four Way Books. Gianopoulos is the author of the novella A FAMILIAR BEAST. His stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in Tin House, Northwest Review, Salon, The Rattling Wall, Chicago Quarterly Review, Big Fiction, The Brooklyn Rail, Catamaran Literary Reader, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He lives in New York with his wife and three children.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Emily Geminder, author of DEAD GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES, winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Prize. Geminder's work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and elsewhere. The recipient of an AWP Intro Journals Award, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award, and a Pushcart Special Mention, she previously worked as a journalist in New York and Cambodia. She lives in Los Angeles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Elizabeth Ellen, author of the story collection SAUL STORIES (Short Flight / Long Drive Books). Earlier this year, she published a novel called PERSONA, and her poetry collection, ELIZABETH ELLEN, is coming soon. Ellen's other books include "Before You She Was a Pit Bull" (Future Tense), "Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix" (Rose Metal Press) and "Fast Machine" (Short Flight/Long Drive Books). She lives in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Carmen Maria Machado, author of the story collection HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, available now from Graywolf Press. It is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Her memoir "House in Indiana" is forthcoming in 2019 from Graywolf Press. Machado holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Philadelphia with her wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Jarret Middleton, author of the debut novel DARKANSAS, available now from Dzanc Books. It is the official November selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Middleton's other book is a novella entitled "An Dantomine Eerly." He was the founding editor of Dark Coast Press and the classics library Pharos Editions, an imprint of Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. His fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in a number of online and print publications. He lives in Seattle, WA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Will Dowd, author of the essay collection AREAS OF FOG, due out from Etruscan Press on November 14, 2017. Dowd is a writer and artist from the Boston area. His work has appeared in Post Road Magazine, The Rialto, NPR.org, and elsewhere. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Tod Goldberg, New York Times bestselling novelist and author of GANGSTER NATION, available now from Counterpoint Press. Goldberg's other books include Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, and Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the director of the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices