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Otherppl with Brad Listi

509. Lynne Tillman

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Brad Listi talks with Lynne Tillman, author of the novel MEN AND APPARITIONS, available from Soft Skull Press. Her novels include Haunted Houses; Motion Sickness; Cast in Doubt; No Lease on Life, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and American Genius, A Comedy. Her nonfiction books include The Velvet Years: Warhol’s Factory 1965–1967; and What Would Lynne Tillman Do?, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. She lives in New York. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, folks, quick reminder, the Other People podcast is a listener-supported program.

0:04.4

All episodes of this show are available free of charge, more than 500 episodes and counting.

0:09.5

There is also an official Other People app.

0:12.0

That, too, is free.

0:13.7

It's all free.

0:14.4

So if you like the show and you would like to show your support, you can do so at patreon.com

0:19.7

slash other ppl pod.

0:21.5

That's patreon.com slash other ppl pod.

0:26.1

All right?

0:27.2

Okay.

0:29.6

You are not alone.

0:31.9

You have found other people.

0:35.3

You and I have a friend in common. Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. What a struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Everybody has a a goal Welcome to the other people podcast.

0:56.0

I'm Brad Listery.

0:56.8

I'm in Los Angeles.

0:58.1

It's nice to be with you.

0:59.6

I have Lynn Tillman on the program today.

1:02.0

Very excited about that.

1:03.2

She has a new novel out called Men and Apparitions.

1:06.9

It's available from Soft Skull Press.

1:08.8

This is her first novel in more than a decade.

1:11.4

She published American Genius a comedy in 2006.

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