George Saunders is today’s guest. He’s the bestselling author of several books, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia, and The Braindead Megaphone, and his brand new story collection, Tenth of December, is due out from Random House in January 2013. … Continue reading
I’ve been interviewed about the podcast over at Vol. 1 Brooklyn. (Thanks to Jon Reiss and Jason Diamond!) An excerpt… On August 29th, the Other People podcast will run its 100th episode. Host Brad Listi is an author and the … Continue reading
Elizabeth Ellen is today’s guest. She’s the author of the chapbook Before You She Was a Pit Bull (Future Tense) and her latest book, Fast Machine, is a collection of her best work from the last decade. She lives in … Continue reading
Pauls Toutonghi is today’s guest. He’s the author of two novels, the latest of which is called Evel Knievel Days, now available from Crown Books. Kirkus, in a starred review, calls it [A] superb literary effort….With writing both gently ironical … Continue reading
Oksana Marafioti is today’s guest. She’s the author of a new memoir called American Gypsy, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Kirkus calls it Engaging . . . Marafioti describes with humor and introspection how the self-described ‘Split Nationality … Continue reading
Steve Roggenbuck is the guest. He is a traveling poet-slash-blogger whose latest poetry collection, Crunk Juice, is now available from Lief Books. He also hosts a weekly, web-based television show called The Illuminati Power Hour, which is available via Spreecast. … Continue reading
To celebrate the impending 100-episode mark, I’ve put together a mix-tape of songs related to the writing life over at Electric Literature. (Big thanks to Elissa Goldstein & Julia Jackson!) An excerpt: 7.) SONG TO LISTEN TO SHORTLY BEFORE GIVING … Continue reading
Maria Semple is today’s guest. For years she worked in television, writing for shows like Mad About You and Arrested Development. Then, in 2008, she published her debut novel, This One is Mine. Her follow-up effort, a novel called Where’d … Continue reading
Karl Taro Greenfeld is the guest. He’s a journalist who has written for The Nation, Time magazine, and Sports Illustrated. And he’s the author of six books, the most recent of which is a novel called Triburbia, now available from … Continue reading
Lidia Yuknavitch is today’s guest. She’s the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed memoir The Chronology of Water, and now she has published her debut novel, called Dora: A Headcase. Both titles are available from Hawthorne Books. Chuck … Continue reading
The New York Daily News has interviewed me about the podcast as it approaches 100 episodes. Special thanks to Sarah Langs!
The lovely Melissa Broder (my guest in Episode 58) has reviewed my tweets for the esteemed lit blog HTML GIANT. Big thanks, Melissa!
Patrick Wensink is today’s guest. His latest novel, Broken Piano for President, is now available from Lazy Fascist Press. It recently incited an unusually kind cease-and-desist letter from Jack Daniel’s, Inc. Publishers Weekly calls it [A] psychedelic trip of a novel. … Continue reading
Other People with Brad Listi
