733. Catherine Raven

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Catherine Raven is the author of the memoir Fox & I: An Uncommon Friendship, available from Spiegel and Grau. Raven received her Ph.D. in biology from Montana State University and is a former National Park Ranger at Glacier, Mount Rainier, North Cascades, Voyageurs, and Yellowstone National Parks. Her natural history essays have appeared in American Scientist, Journal of American Mensa, and Montana Magazine. She is currently an Assistant Program Director and Professor at South University in Savannah, Georgia. *** 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. 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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0:00.0	Okay, hey, how you doing?
0:07.4	Welcome to the Other People podcast.
0:09.5	I'm Brad Listy in Los Angeles.
0:11.4	It's good to be with you, wherever you happen to be.
0:15.5	I have Catherine Raven on the program today.
0:18.9	Her new memoir, Fox and I, is available now from Spiegel and
0:22.6	Growl. Catherine Raven has a Ph.D. in biology. And shortly after finishing that PhD,
0:32.9	she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land up in Montana.
0:41.8	And it was there that she met a fox.
0:46.8	She was living in this physically isolated plot of land.
0:48.9	She was emotionally isolated all by herself.
0:54.0	And this fox started showing up on her property every afternoon.
0:57.8	And she befriended it.
1:00.2	And it befriended her.
1:20.4	And she has now written this memoir about her relationship with this wild animal that is poignant and fascinating and deals with friendship, loss, loneliness, and our relationship to the natural world.
1:24.0	Catherine Raven is tough.
1:32.3	You know, she worked as a park ranger, forest ranger, and has spent an, you know, an unusually large amount of time out of doors. So to have her writing about nature and this animal that she befriended,
1:45.0	you're in good hands.
1:48.0	A fascinating story and a fascinating conversation
1:51.0	with Catherine Raven coming up in just a moment.
1:55.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Grey Wolf Press,
1:58.0	publisher of the novel The Swank Hotel by Lucy Corrin.
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