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Otherppl with Brad Listi

517. Lauren Grodstein

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Grodstein is the author of the novel OUR SHORT HISTORY, available from Algonquin Books. Grodstein is the author of four other novels, including the New York Times bestseller "A Friend of the Family" and the Washington Post Book of the Year "The Explanation for Everything." She directs the MFA Program at Rutgers University-Camden and lives in New Jersey with her husband, children, and dog.  *** 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

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Thank you.

0:44.8

All right. You are not alone you have found other people you and i have a friend in common every stupid thing that a writer could do i've done i think it's

0:51.7

really beautiful gee state it what a struggle you know it. You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person in just one time. Everybody, how is it gone? Welcome to the Other People podcast on Brad Listy in Los Angeles. Thank you for tuning in. Lauren Grodstein is back on the program for a second time.

1:14.1

She was here to talk with me, to hang out a little bit.

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Her latest novel is called Our Short History.

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It's available now from Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

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So Lauren is delightful.

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I don't know if you guys have ever met her.

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Have you ever met her?

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If you haven't, I recommend it.

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She's just a really good person, funny, engaging.

1:37.0

She came over here in a sleep-deprived state.

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