68. David Rees

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2012

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

David Rees is the author of How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants (Melville House). Rees is a humorist and cultural critic. He first rose to prominence as a cartoonist whose best known work combined bland clip art with "trash talk." Rees later created an artisanal pencil sharpening service and has now published a related book on the subject. He also co-created and hosted two seasons of the television series "Going Deep with David Rees," on NatGeo. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth conversations with today's leading writers. Launched in 2011. Books. Literature. Writing. Publishing. Authors. Screenwriters. Etc. Support the show on Patreon / get merch @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	This episode of other people is brought to you by Luminarium, the novel by Alex Chakar, winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Fiction.
0:07.5	It is available now from Soho Press, which has been independently publishing bold new voices in literature since 1986.
0:14.9	A partial list of topics explored in Luminarium includes angel investors,waves briefcases disaster simulations Disney world extreme
0:24.1	sports Hinduism the Lord of the Rings magic shows mini golf New York neuroscience nightmares
0:32.3	Reiki shoplifting time twins, and 9-11.
0:38.0	Ron Charles of the Washington Post says,
0:40.0	quote, days after finishing Alex Chakar's luminarium,
0:43.4	I'm still stumbling around the house in a mixture of wonder and awe.
0:47.2	And Dave Eggers calls it, quote,
0:49.4	dizzyingly smart and provocative,
0:51.6	Shakar is committed throughout with trying, relentlessly, to flat out
0:55.7	explain the meaning of life. Named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post,
1:00.9	publishers weekly, booklist, NPR, the Austin Chronicle, and the Kansas City star,
1:06.4	Luminarium is now available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook from Soho Press.
1:12.8	Visit SohoPress.com for the full list of reviews and to get your copy.
1:17.5	That's Luminarium by Alex Shakar.
1:20.6	It's a book.
1:21.7	You can read it.
1:22.9	Go and get it.
1:24.1	Oh, my God.
1:27.0	You are not alone.
1:29.5	You have found other people.
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