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August 8, 2012

Episode 94 — Karl Taro Greenfeld

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 →

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August 5, 2012

Episode 93 — Lidia Yuknavitch

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 →

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August 1, 2012

Episode 92 — Patrick Wensink

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 →

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July 29, 2012

Episode 91 — Sheila Heti

Sheila Heti is today’s guest. She is the Interviews Editor at The Believer magazine, and her new novel, How Should a Person Be?, is now available in the United States from Henry Holt. Miranda July raves: A new kind of … Continue reading →

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July 25, 2012

Episode 90 — Christopher Beha

Christopher Beha is the guest. He’s an associate editor at Harper’s magazine and the author of the debut novel What Happened to Sophie Wilder, now available from Tin House Books. Raves Shelf Awareness: Christopher Beha’s short but intricately constructed first … Continue reading →

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July 18, 2012

Episode 88 — Christopher Narozny

Christopher Narozny is the guest. His debut novel, Jonah Man, is now available from Ig Publishing. Raves Patrick DeWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers: Jonah Man is a vivid and unsettling portrait of naked American ambition, and Chris Narozny is … Continue reading →

Episode 87 — Scott McClanahan

Scott McClanahan is the guest. He is the author of several books, the latest of which is called The Complete Works of Scott McClanahan, Vol. 1, now available from Lazy Fascist Press. Volume I Brooklyn raves: He might be one … Continue reading →

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June 20, 2012

Episode 80 — Erik Larson

Today’s episode of Other People is brought to you by Audible.com. And here’s a special offer: Right now, listeners of this program can get a free audiobook download and a free 30-day trial. To get your free audiobook, just click … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2012

Episode 78 — Miles Klee

Miles Klee is the guest. He’s the author of a debut novel called Ivyland, now available from O/R Books. Publishers Weekly raves: Delightfully manic and sharply intelligent … Klee is undoubtedly a formidable talent in the making—he can make sentences crackle … Continue reading →

Episode 76 — Esi Edugyan

Esi Edugyan is the guest. She’s a Canadian author whose novel, Half-Blood Blues, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2011. It won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, and is now available from Picador here in the United States. The … Continue reading →

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