533. Adrienne Celt

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Adrienne Celt is the author of the novel INVITATION TO A BONFIRE (Bloomsbury). Celt's debut novel "The Daughters"(Norton/Liveright) won the 2015 PEN Southwest Book Award for Fiction and was named a Best Book of the Year by NPR. She has also authored a collection of comics called "Apocalypse How? An Existential Bestiary" (DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press 2016). A recipient of an O. Henry Prize, the Glenna Luschei Award, and multiple residencies, she lives in Tucson, Arizona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Premier League is exciting.
0:04.0	It's exhilarating.
0:07.0	And sometimes it's...
0:11.0	So when you need something to help you ride the highest and loads of all that action,
0:17.0	grab a coat to keep you in the game.
0:20.0	Time to refresh.
0:21.8	Time for a Coke.
0:23.8	Coca-Cola, official partner of the Premier League.
0:29.8	Hey, you guys, I'm going to start once again by encouraging you to support Races.
0:33.6	Races is a 501-C3 nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant kids and families and refugees.
0:44.6	This organization is helping the kids who are currently living in detention centers scared out of their wits, away from their moms and dads.
0:52.0	This is an atrocity. It is a national tragedy.
0:55.6	It is a crime.
0:56.9	And this organization is doing the good work of trying to get these kids back to their parents.
1:02.4	If you want to support them, go to racist, Texas.org.
1:05.6	That's r-A-I-C-E-S-Texis.org.
1:09.1	R-A-I-C-E-S-Texis.org. Thanks.
1:14.9	You are not alone. You have found other people.
1:20.7	You and I have a friend in common.
1:23.2	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:26.0	I think it's really beautiful.
1:27.7	Jesus, they did it well. I 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. Hi, how old, everybody? How's it going? I'm Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. This is the Other People Show. It's the Other People Podcast. Thank you for listening. I have Adrian Selt on the program today. She has a novel
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