723. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi is the author of the novel Savage Tongues, available from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Her previous novel, Call Me Zebra, won the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the John Gardner Award. She was a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree for her debut novel, Fra Keeler, and her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the Paris Review, Guernica, Granta, and BOMB. She splits her time between South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago. *** 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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0:24.5	Woo. 11 a.m. Fees applied to delivery orders. Present participation may vary. Subjects availability. Hello. Hello. How are you? Welcome to The Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles, California.
0:32.7	And I'm very pleased to have Azarene van der Vleet Uluumi back on the program for a second time. She is celebrating
0:39.7	the publication of a new novel called Savage Tongues. It's available from Haughton Mifflin Harcourt.
0:47.8	The last time I spoke with Azarene on this program, she was out on tour for her novel,
0:53.8	Call Me Zeebra, also published by Haughton Mifflin
0:56.6	Harcourt. It won the Penn Faulkner Award for Fiction and the John Gardner Award. It was also
1:04.4	long listed for the Penn Open Book Award. Azarine Vander Vendervlita Loomi is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award, and she was a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree for her debut novel, Fra Keeler, which was published by Dorothy.
1:22.9	So an auspicious beginning to her literary career, to say the least, and I'm very, very happy to have her back on this show and to get a chance to talk to her
1:31.1	about Savage Tongues, her new novel.
1:34.3	That conversation is coming up in just a minute.
1:38.3	Today's episode is made possible by Farah Strauss and Giroux, publisher of the novel, Embassy Wife, by best-selling author Katie Crouch.
1:49.2	Oprah Daly calls Embassy Wife, quote, comical and cool, a smart, sparkling novel that is one part social satire, one part travelogue.
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