589. Steve Almond

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Steve Almondis the guest. His new book, William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life, is available from Ig Publishing. This is Steve's fourth time on the program. He first appeared in Episode 9, on October 16, 2011, and again in Episode 302, on August 10, 2014, and Episode 513, on April 8, 2018. Almond is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, including the New York Times bestsellers Candyfreak and Against Football. You can check those out here.Last year, he published Bad Stories, a literary investigation of what the hell just happened to our country, which he wrote to keep from going crazy. (You can find his latest rants here or here.) For four years, Steve hosted the New York Times Dear Sugars podcast with his pal Cheryl Strayed. His short stories have been anthologized widely, in the Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize, Best American Erotica, and Best American Mysteries series. He also publishes crazy, DIY books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Today's episode is brought to you by DeZank Books, publisher of the story collection,
0:05.7	A Girl Goes Into the Forest by Peg Alford Purcell. It is the official July pick of the Nervous Breakdown Book Club.
0:13.3	Purcell's sophomore collection centers on mothers, daughters, and the myth of the American girl.
0:18.8	Ramona Osabel, author of Awayland, calls it, quote, as beautiful and fine as a the American girl, Ramona Osabel, author of A Wayland,
0:21.6	calls it, quote,
0:22.4	as beautiful and fine as a string of pearls
0:24.6	and as complex as a thousand-piece puzzle.
0:28.8	And Kirkus reviews raves, quote,
0:30.6	Purcell is a master of the atmospheric moment.
0:34.9	A girl goes into the forest,
0:36.3	the new story collection by Peg
0:37.9	Alford Purcell, on sale July 16th from DeZank Books.
0:46.1	You are not alone. You have found other people.
0:52.3	You and I have a present comment.
1:10.9	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. I just call my mailman. What I struggle, you know? It was incredible. But your head exploded. What was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Hello. Hello.
1:12.2	Hey, how's it going, everybody?
1:13.0	I'm Brad Listy.
1:14.2	I'm in Los Angeles.
1:15.6	This is the Other People podcast.
1:17.9	It is good to be with you.
1:19.9	And I'm excited.
1:25.5	I have Steve Allmond back on the program for, I believe, the fourth time.
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