654. Meredith Talusan

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Meredith Talusan is the guest. Her new memoir, Fairest, is available from Viking. Talusan is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written features, essays, and opinion pieces for many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, VICE, Matter, Backchannel, The Nation, and the American Prospect. She has contributed to several books including the New York Times Bestselling Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay. She lives in New York. *** 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	Hey, everybody. Today's episode is brought to you by Tyrant Books, publisher of pets in anthology.
0:06.8	It's edited by Jordan Castro. It features fiction, poetry, and essays about pets, ranging from cats and dogs to an ex-racehorse and dead chickens.
0:17.7	Contributors include Anne Beatty, Christine Scott, Tal Lynn, Scott McClanahan, Chelsea
0:22.3	Hansen, Sarah Manguso,
0:24.9	and more. Pets
0:26.4	in anthology. Available
0:28.5	now from Tyrant
0:30.6	books.
0:34.4	I don't think it's on thought
0:35.9	that's a clock out over the last'm in Los Angeles. Hi. How are you? Hi. How are you? Hello. I have Meredith Toulousin on the program today.
0:55.3	She is the author of an acclaimed memoir called Farris that is available now from Viking.
1:01.5	Meredith Toulousin is an award-winning author and journalist who has written for the New York Times,
1:05.9	The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, Condonast Traveler, and more.
1:10.4	She is also the founding executive editor of
1:12.5	them, which is Condonast's LGBTQ digital platform, where she is currently contributing editor.
1:19.1	I had a very fascinating conversation with Meredith Talusin. That is coming up soon.
1:24.3	Today's episode is brought to you by Doubleday, publisher of the novel, Pizza Girl,
1:28.1	by Gene Keong Frazier. Pizza Girl is a wildly original coming of age story about a pregnant
1:33.5	pizza delivery girl who becomes obsessed with one of her customers, named a most anticipated
1:38.4	book of 2020 by Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, L, Time magazine, People, BuzzFeed, Bustle, and
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1:47.5	The New York Times Book Review calls Pizza Girl Fresh, Funny, and Bitter Sweet.
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