647. Susan Choi

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Susan Choi is the guest. Her novel, Trust Exercise, is available in trade paperback from Henry Holt. It is the winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction. Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. In 2010 she was named the inaugural recipient of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award. Her fourth novel, My Education, received a 2014 Lammy Award. Her first book for children, Camp Tiger, was published in 2019. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, she teaches fiction writing at Yale and lives in Brooklyn. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Life. Death. Etc. Support the show on Patreon Merch www.otherppl.com @otherppl Instagram 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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1:23.9	Hey, everybody.
1:24.6	How are you?
1:25.9	Welcome to The Other People Show.
1:48.3	Welcome back to The Other People Show. My name is Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles, California, and it is nice to be with you. I have Susan Choi on the program today. Her novel Trust Exercise is available now from Henry Holt in trade paperback. Trust Exercise won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction.
1:54.2	Great time meeting Susan over the transom, great conversation. That is coming up momentarily.
2:00.2	I should make a note of the fact that Susan and I spoke, and this is where it gets a little bit ridiculous because I have to parse the different layers of social upheaval that we find ourselves dealing with in the United States of America in 2020.
2:08.1	But Susan Choi and I spoke during the pandemic, but pre-George Floyd in this little window of time.
2:15.8	And it was just an excellent time to talk with her,
2:18.5	and I'm very pleased to share that conversation with you.
2:20.7	It's coming up momentarily.
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