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Otherppl with Brad Listi

648. Roxane Gay

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Roxane Gay is the guest. A contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, she is the author of several bestselling books, including Bad Feminist, Difficult Women, and Hunger. Gay’s writing appears in Best American Mystery Stories 2014, Best American Short Stories 2012, Best Sex Writing 2012, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review, and many others. Her other books include Ayiti, An Untamed State, and the World of Wakanda for Marvel. She has several books forthcoming and is also at work on television and film projects. She lives in Los Angeles. *** 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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0:00.0

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0:10.2

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0:20.5

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0:22.2

or maybe they didn't know him, or maybe they wish they didn't know him.

0:25.3

You know what I'm talking about.

0:26.4

The show is created and produced by Aaron Hosier, Matthew Phelp, and Elizabeth Thompson,

0:31.5

all of whom are writers, all of whom have their own father stories to tell.

0:36.2

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0:37.6

unpacks all facets of the father.

0:40.2

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0:42.0

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0:44.6

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0:47.0

and the dads who have let us down.

0:49.2

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0:52.3

seven episodes.

0:53.8

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0:57.3

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1:06.9

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1:29.9

available right now, all right? Okay.

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