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September 2, 2012

Episode 101 — Matthew Batt

Matthew Batt is today’s guest. He’s the author of the memoir Sugarhouse, now available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Andre Dubus III raves It’s hard to write funny, especially when your world is crumbling around you, but in this utterly compelling … Continue reading →

Episode 97 — Oksana Marafioti

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 →

Episode 84 — Elizabeth Collins

Elizabeth Collins is today’s guest. She’s the editor of The Beautiful Anthology, a collection of essays, stories, and poems from TNB Books, all of which are centered on the topic of beauty. She’s also the author of a memoir called … 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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May 30, 2012

Episode 74 — Jim Lynch

Jim Lynch is today’s guest. He’s the author of three novels, the most recent of which is Truth Like the Sun, now available from Knopf. It was the May selection for the TNB Book Club. Janet Maslin of the New … Continue reading →

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May 27, 2012

Episode 73 — Elna Baker

Elna Baker is the guest. She’s the author of memoir The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance, now available from Penguin. She’s also an accomplished performer, having appeared at The Moth, on This American Life, WTF, Studio 360, Radiolab, … Continue reading →

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April 15, 2012

Episode 61 — Rosecrans Baldwin

Rosecrans Baldwin is the guest. He’s a co-founder of The Morning News and the author of a new memoir called Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down, available on April 24th from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Kirkus, in … Continue reading →

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March 21, 2012

Episode 54 — Jeff Ragsdale

Jeff Ragsdale is the guest. He’s the co-author, along with David Shields and Michael Logan, of Jeff, One Lonely Guy. Here’s what Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho, has to say about it: You can either make fun of … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2012

Episode 53 — Sarah Manguso

Sarah Manguso is today’s guest. She’s the author of the new book The Guardians: An Elegy, now available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Megan O’Grady, writing for Vogue, says: Shortly after returning home from a fellowship year in Rome, poet … Continue reading →

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March 4, 2012

Episode 49 — Joe Blair

Joe Blair is the guest. He’s the author of the memoir By the Iowa Sea, now available from Scribner. Scott Spencer, author of Main in the Woods, raves: An intimate, startling memoir that honors and elevates our quotidian existence. With … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: nonfiction

Episode 101 — Matthew Batt

Episode 97 — Oksana Marafioti

Episode 84 — Elizabeth Collins

Episode 80 — Erik Larson

Episode 74 — Jim Lynch

Episode 73 — Elna Baker

Episode 61 — Rosecrans Baldwin

Episode 54 — Jeff Ragsdale

Episode 53 — Sarah Manguso

Episode 49 — Joe Blair

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