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Otherppl with Brad Listi

730. Jose Vadi

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

José Vadi is the author of the debut essay collection Inter State: Essays from California (Soft Skull).  He received the San Francisco Foundation’s Shenson Performing Arts Award for his debut play “a eulogy for three” produced by Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s Living Word Project. He is the author of SoMa Lurk, a collection of photos and poems published by Project Kalahati / Pro Arts Oakland. His work has been featured by the Paris Review, the PBS NewsHour, the San Francisco Chronicle, Catapult, McSweeney’s, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Quartersnacks, Free Skate Magazine and Pop-Up Magazine. He lives in Sacramento. *** 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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hey where is this back you hello hello how are you welcome to to The Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. And it's good to have Jose Votti on the program today. He is my guest. He is the author of an essay collection called Interstate.

0:54.8

Essays from California.

0:57.3

Available now from Soft Skull.

1:03.5

This is a collection that was of particular interest to me because I live in California,

1:09.0

but I think it says a lot about the way we live now,

1:11.3

no matter where we live.

1:15.6

But it's certainly an essay collection that deals with place and the way that place shapes identity

1:23.3

and memory.

1:28.3

A lot of fun talking with Jose.

1:30.3

That conversation is coming up in just a second.

1:33.5

Today's episode is made possible by Gray Wolf Press,

1:36.7

publisher of The Swank Hotel,

1:39.5

the critically acclaimed new novel by Lucy Corrin.

1:42.8

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and unexpectedly comic novel that interrogates the illusory dream of stability that pervaded

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