519. Melissa Broder

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2018

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Broder is the author of the debut novel THE PISCES, available now from Hogarth Press. Broder is the author of four poetry collections, including LAST SEXT (Tin House, 2016), and the essay collection SO SAD TODAY (Grand Central, 2016). She writes the @sosadtoday Twitter feed, the So Sad Today column for VICE, the horoscopes for Lenny Letter, and the Beauty and Death column at Elle.com. She lives with her husband and her dog Pickle in Los Angeles. *** 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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0:00.0	Hey, you guys, the Other People podcast is offered freely. All episodes of this show are available
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0:22.6	Your support really matters. If you would like to support this show, you can do so at patreon.com
0:27.8	slash other ppl pod. That's patreon.com slash other ppl pod, okay? Okay.
0:34.8	You are not alone.
0:39.1	You have found other people.
0:42.7	You and I have a friend in common.
0:45.1	Every stupid thing that a writer can do I've done.
0:47.9	I think it's really beautiful.
0:49.6	Jake, stated what I struggle, you know?
0:51.9	It was incredible.
0:53.2	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. So, hey, everybody, how's it going? Welcome to the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy. I am in Los Angeles, California. It's good to be with you. I have Melissa Broder back on the program for a third time.
1:27.5	She is a dear friend of mine and is celebrating the publication of her debut novel. It is called The Pisces. It is available now from Hogarth. There was just a big write-up about Melissa in the New York Times. Did you read that? The book has been getting rave reviews. I'm very happy for her. She is also, many of you may know her by her Twitter avatar, So Sad Today.
1:32.7	She is the woman behind the very popular at So Sad Today Twitter feed.
1:38.0	And, I mean, she's also at Melissa Broder, but at So Sad Today has become a kind of sensation.
1:45.0	And she published an essay collection called So Sad Today has become a kind of sensation. And she published an essay collection called So Sad Today, I believe just last year or the year before.
1:50.8	I'm bad with time, but recently.
1:53.5	And now she is celebrating the publication of her first novel.
1:57.0	Again, it is called The Pisces.
1:58.9	And my conversation with her is coming up in just a second I'm going to
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