Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi talks with Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of BLURRED LINES: RETHINKING SEX, POWER, & CONSENT ON CAMPUS, available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is the official October pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Grigoriadis is a contributing editor at the New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, specializing in pop culture, youth movements, and crime reporting. She is a National Magazine Award winner and has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, Dateline, and Investigation/Discovery shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Chelsea Martin, author of the essay collection CACA DOLCE: ESSAYS FROM A LOWBROW LIFE, available now from Soft Skull Press. Martin's other books include 'Even Though I Don’t Miss You', which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed magazine, and the novel 'Mickey.' Her work has appeared in Buzzfeed, Hobart, Lenny Letter, and Vice, and chosen as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. She is a comic artist and illustrator and currently lives in Washington State. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Ayobami Adebayo, author of the debut novel STAY WITH ME, available now from Knopf. Her stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, and she has worked as an editor for Saraba magazine since 2009. She has received fellowships and residencies from Ledig House, Sinthian Cultural Centre, Hedgebrook, Ox-bow School of Arts, Ebedi Hills and Siena Art Institute. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Karl Geary, author of the debut novel MONTPELIER PARADE, available from Catapult. Geary was born in Dublin, and moved to New York City at age sixteen. He cofounded two East Village institutions: the music venue Sin-é, and later the Scratcher. He has worked as a scriptwriter (Coney Island Baby) and an actor (Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet; Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall), and has adapted and directed Dorothy Parker’s story “You Were Perfectly Fine” for the screen. He lives in Glasgow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Lisa Lucas, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as the Publisher of Guernica, a non-profit online magazine focusing on writing that explores the intersection of art and politics with an international and diverse focus. She has also served as Director of Education at the Tribeca Film Institute, and on the development team at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. This year's National Book Awards will be held on November 15th in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Chiara Barzini, author of the debut novel THINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE, available from Doubleday. Barzini is a screen, fiction, and journalism writer who was born in Rome and raised as a teenager in Los Angeles, where she became obsessed with canyons, quartz, and the Grateful Dead. She now lives in Rome with her partner Luca, their children Sebastiano and Anita, two cats, and one dog.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of the debut novel A KIND OF FREEDOM, available from Counterpoint Press. It was recently long-listed for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Wilkerson studied creative writing at Dartmouth and law at UC Berkeley. She was a recipient of the Lombard fellowship and spent a year in the Dominican Republic working for a civil rights organization. She lives in the Bay Area, California.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Alex Gilvarry, author of the novel EASTMAN WAS HERE, available from Viking. It is the official September pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Gilvarry is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 nominee and he has received fellowships from the Harry Ransom Center and the Normal Mailer Center. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Ben Loory, author of the new story collection TALES OF FALLING AND FLYING, available from Penguin. Loory has appeared 'This American Life' and other radio programs, and first guested on this podcast in Episode 29 on December 25, 2011. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad Listi talks with Jared Yates Sexton, author of the new book THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO RISE LIKE THE WATERS UPON YOUR SHORE, available from Counterpoint Press. Sexton is a writer, academic, and political correspondent whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Salon, and literary journals around the world. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes are free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices