Otherppl with Brad Listi

Otherppl with Brad Listi


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Stephen Graham Jones on Stephen King, Slasher Movies, Fear, Writing Fast, Being Physical, the Mechanics of a Joke, Dilating the Moment, Imaginary Safe Places, Screenwriting, Caffeine, and the Perfect Horror Novel
March 22, 2024

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 666, my conversation with author Stephen Graham Jones. It first aired on August 16, 2020.Stephen Graham Jones is the bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw, among others. He ha

908. Téa Obreht
March 20, 2024

Ta Obreht is the author of the novel The Morningside, available from Random House.Obrehtis the internationally bestselling author ofThe Tiger's Wife,which won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her secon

907. Adelle Waldman
March 17, 2024

Adelle Waldman is the author of the novel Help Wanted, available from W.W. Norton & Co. Waldmanis the best-selling author ofThe Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., which was named a best book of the year byThe New Yorker,Economist, NPR,Elle, and many oth

Tao Lin on Iced Coffee, Cannabis, Eating Tobacco, Beta-Carbolines, Kathleen Harrison, Terence McKenna, Tripping, Taking Notes, Autobiographical Writing, MDMA Films, Memory, and Leave Society
March 15, 2024

In today's flashback, an outtake fromEpisode 521, my conversation with authorTao Lin. It first aired on May 20, 2018.Lin is the author of the memoirTrip, the novelsLeave Society,TaipeiandRichard Yates, Eeeee Eee Eeee. He is also the author of the

906. Katya Apekina
March 13, 2024

Katya Apekina is the author of the novel Mother Doll, available from The Overlook Press.Apekinais a novelist, screenwriter, and translator. Her debut novel,The Deeper the Water, the Uglier the Fish, was named a Best Book of 2018 byKirkus, Buzzfeed, Li

905. Tana French
March 10, 2024

Tana French is the author of the novel The Hunter, available from Viking Books. It is the official March pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Tana French is theNew York Timesbestselling author of eight previous books, includingIn the Woods,The Likeness, a

Sebastian Castillo on Teaching, Creative Constraints, Oulipo Writing, Edouard Leve, Hybrid Forms, Warhol, GIF Novels, Dennis Cooper, Boredom, Emotion, Imitation, and Philip Roth
March 08, 2024

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 679, my conversation with author Sebastian Castillo. It first aired on November 4, 2020.Castillo is a writer and teacher based in Philadelphia. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in New York. He is

904. Tommy Orange
March 06, 2024

Tommy Orange is the author of the novel Wandering Stars, available from Knopf.Orange is a graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. An enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, he was born and raised in O

How to Write Flash Fiction
March 03, 2024

A new 'Craftwork' episode, about how to write flash fiction. My guest is author and editor Tommy Dean.Dean is the author of two flash fiction chapbooks and a full flash collection, Hollows (Alternating Current Press 2022). He is the Editor of Fractured L

Leland Cheuk on Success, Rejection, Persistence, Bad Luck, Denial, Near-Death Experiences, Rebirth, Freedom Swimmers, and Good Luck
March 01, 2024

In today's flashback, an outtake fromEpisode 613,my conversation with author Leland Cheuk. It first aired on November 20, 2019.Cheuk is an award-winning author of three books of fiction, most recently the novelNo Good Very Bad Asian(2019). His work h