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Otherppl with Brad Listi

722. Katie Crouch

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Katie Crouch is the author of the novel Embassy Wife, available from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. It is the official August pick of the TNB Book Club. Crouch is the New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks, Men and Dogs, and Abroad. She has also written essays for The New York Times, Glamour, The Guardian, Slate, Salon, and Tin House. A former resident of Namibia and San Francisco, Crouch now lives in Vermont with her family and teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College. *** 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  YouTube 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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okay hello hey how are you welcome to the other people show i'm brad listy i'm in los angeles

0:40.8

thank you for listening i have a wonderful program for you today my guest is katie crouch she is the

0:47.4

author of a new novel called embassy wife available from farrar strouse and jeru embassy wife wife is the official August pick of the Nervous Breakdown Book Club.

0:58.2

The Nervous Breakdown.com is my online cultural magazine and literary community.

1:02.9

It's been around for almost two decades.

1:05.3

It has its own monthly book club.

1:06.9

I interview book club authors on this program.

1:09.9

For more information on the TNB Book Club, just go to the Nervous Breakdown.com.

1:16.4

Katie Crouch is a New York Times bestselling author of several books, including Girls in Trucks, Men and Dogs, and a novel called Abroad.

1:26.2

You may also have read her in a variety of publications,

1:29.2

including The New York Times, glamour, The Guardian, slate, salon, and more.

1:37.1

Really enjoyed Embassy Wife. It's one of these novels that reminded me that a book,

1:42.7

a novel in particular, can be entertaining, a page turner, funny, smart, deeply serious,

1:51.5

all at once.

1:53.2

These things are not mutually exclusive,

1:55.3

and I feel like I need periodic reminders of this.

1:58.5

I really enjoyed reading Embassy Wife.

2:02.2

I didn't want it to end.

2:03.8

And I'm excited to get to talk to Katie

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