977. Kashana Cauley
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is the author of the novel , available from Atria Books. Cauley's other novel is called The Survivalists, which was named a best book of 2023 by the BBC, Today, Vogue, and more. She is also a television writer, having worked on The Great North, Pod Save America on HBO, and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, and more. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts...
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Special Episode: DeepDive Sneak Preview!
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In today's episode, I'm sharing an exclusive sneak preview of How to Write a Novel, the debut audio course from my new company, , which will be launching soon. How to Write a Novel is hosted by yours truly, and it features more than 50 hours of insight and instruction from dozens of today's leading contemporary authors, including Emily St. John Mandel, Melissa Broder, Stephen Graham Jones, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Porochista Khakpour, Claudia Dey, Gina Frangello, Tod Goldberg, Antoine Wilson, Vauhini Vara, Madelaine Lucas, Matt Bell, and many more. Today, you'll be hearing...
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Seventy Hot Dogs in Ten Minutes
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Volume 50 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira experiences back pain, takes 100mg of THC...Brad recaps his chaotic vacation...the shittiest 4th of July ever...America's obsession with hot dog eating...fireworks...Diddy gets semi-acquitted...baby oil celebrations...the great Epstein cover-up...Denise Richards and her reiki masseuse husband are divorcing...and more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at]...
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976. Jessa Crispin
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is the author of , available from Pantheon Books. Jessa's other books include Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, The Dead Ladies Project, and My Three Dads. She is the editor and founder of The Culture We Deserve as well as host with Nico Rodriguez of TCWD weekly podcast. In 2002, she launched Bookslut.com, one of the first and most treasured literary websites of the era; it ran for fifteen years. She is originally from Lincoln, Kansas, and currently lives in Philadelphia. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's...
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975. Geoff Dyer
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is the author of the memoir , available from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Dyer's other books include The Last Days of Roger Federer, Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Do It, Zona,See/Saw, and the essay collection Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism). A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dyer lives in Los Angeles, where he is a writer in residence at the University of Southern California. His books...
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I Will Show You My Body
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Volume 49 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...Mira accidentally names her PTSD "Darrell"...a complete recap of the Bezos-Sanchez wedding in Venice, Italy...the proud tastelessness...the spectacular tackiness...Leo tries desperately to hide...Brad's Fashion Corner..and more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent bookstores.
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974. Lynn Steger Strong
Otherppl with Brad Listi
is the author of the novel , available from Mariner Books. Lynn's other novels include Flight, Want, and Hold Still. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, Time, Harper’s Bazaar, Los Angeles Times, The Paris Review, The Cut, New York Magazine, and elsewhere. She teaches writing at Princeton and Columbia University. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com...
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Kirsten, 40, Pen and Ink Artist
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Character Study, Vol. 16. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 16, a conversation with Kirsten, 40, a pen and ink artist from Pittsburgh, PA. *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support...
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Foam Party with My New Stepdad
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Volume 48 of Brad & Mira For the Culture...fast zombies with erect penises...Jeff and Lauren take Venice...foam parties, Gatsby parties, the ritual humiliation of elites...Emma Thompson's prostate crusade...Scarlet Johansson can't stop mouth-kissing her gay co-star...and more... *** is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: , , , etc. Subscribe to . Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a , working to support local, independent...
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973. Jess Walter
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is the author of the novel , available from Harper Books. It is the official June pick of the . Walter is the author of seven previous novels, including the bestsellers The Cold Millions and Beautiful Ruins, the National Book Award Finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince,winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in The Angel of Romeand We Live in Water, has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize and appeared three times in Best American Short Stories. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. *** is a...
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