101. Matthew Batt

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2012

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Matthew Batt is the author of the memoir Sugarhouse (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Support independent bookstores! Buy your copy here. Batt's work has appeared in Tin House and on The Huffington Post and elsewhere. The Missouri Review called him a "heavy hitter" of nonfiction, and he's been nominated six times for the Pushcart Prize and is the recipient of an individual Artist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon / get merch Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com Get Otherppl t-shirts, sweatshirts, etc. The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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