110. Steven Gillis

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2012

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Steven Gillis is the author of several books and the co-founder of Dzanc Books. His latest story collection, The Law of Strings, is now available from Atticus Books. Support independent bookstores! Shop here. Also by Steven Gillis: Liars: A Novel Gillis is the author of six novels and two short story collections. A founding member of the Ann Arbor Book Festival Board of Directors, and a finalist for the 2007 Ann Arbor News Citizen of the Year, Steve taught writing at Eastern Michigan University. In 2004 Steve founded 826Michigan, a mentoring program for students. In 2006 Steve co-founded Dzanc Books. *** 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. www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com 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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1:03.2	Oh my God. You are not alone. You have found other people.
1:14.1	You and I have a friend in common.
1:17.0	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:18.4	I think it's really beautiful.
1:21.0	Jesus, did it what I struggle, you know?
1:22.3	It was incredible.
1:25.1	You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.
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1:45.4	Just one person at just one time. All right, you guys, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is loosely scripted. This is largely improvised. Thanks for being here. My name is Brad Listy. I want to get rid of my cable television. I just decided that. I want to cut myself off. I want to throw my flat screen out the window.
1:46.9	I want to roof test it.
1:46.2	I want to hit myself off. I want to throw my flat screen out the window. I want to roof test it. I want to hit it with a baseball bat. I want to shoot a dead with a machine gun. I want to
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