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Otherppl with Brad Listi

566. Madhuri Vijay

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Madhuri Vijay is the guest. Her debut novel, The Far Field, is available now from Grove Press. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Vijay was born in Bangalore. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and her writing has appeared in Best American Non-Required Reading, Narrative Magazine and Salon, among other publications. The Far Field is her first book.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, you guys, this is Brad Listy. I'm an avid reader. You know that. I'm constantly seeking to learn new things, to pack my head full of information, to gain insight into the books and characters that fascinate me, to meet writers, to talk to writers, to better appreciate my world, the world that I live in, the world that you live in. That's why I love the Great Courses Plus. It's a streaming learning service that offers in-depth, reliable information on

0:21.9

just about anything under the sun, from history to psychology, to science, to literature, even

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cooking, even learning a new language. There is unlimited access to thousands of topics at

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the Great Courses Plus, all of it presented by renowned experts who are passionate about what they teach. And best of all,

0:40.1

it's user-friendly. You can watch or listen entirely on your own schedule from wherever you are.

0:47.2

Lately, I've been enjoying a course called Stories about great storytellers. That makes sense, right?

0:51.7

I like talking to storytellers. I like learning about storytellers. I like

0:54.8

learning their stories. I have been listening over the past week to a course on J.R.R. Tolkien.

1:01.7

We all know that he wrote The Lord of the Rings, but do you know why? I know why. There is so much

1:08.1

to discover it the Great Courses Plus. I know you're going to love it. And to help you get started, they are offering other people, listeners, a special deal.

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A limited time offer, a full month of unlimited access to the entire library for free.

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It's free.

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Sign up now through my special URL and start enjoying your free month go to the great

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courses plus.com slash other pplfell that's the great courses plus.com slash other pplfell the great

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courses plus dot com slash other ppll all. You are not alone.

1:45.4

You have found other people.

1:48.8

You and I have a friend in common.

1:51.3

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

1:54.2

That's it really beautiful.

1:55.8

Jake, stated what I struggle, you know?

1:58.1

It was incredible.

1:59.3

You know, it was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.

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