Hey everybody. This episode of other people is brought to you by The Nostalgist, the new novel by

Griffin Hansberry. It tells the story of Jonah Salloway, an old man before his time. Estranged from

his astrophysicist father and effectively orphaned when an SUV took his mother's life, Jonah longs

to make a human connection, even if it means lying to get it.

When he calls the phone number of Rose Oliveri's 9-11 missing poster and reaches her mother, Vivian,

one lie gives birth to another and another, and before Jonah knows it, the truth becomes indiscernible,

even to him. Stalked by Rose's ghost and desperate to keep the Oliveries from

uncovering his lie, Jonah finds himself adrift in a city he no longer recognizes and more alone than ever.

Both a poetic journey into the heart of post-9-11 New York and a darkly comic commentary on how

our culture copes with loss,

The Nostalgist is a striking debut novel from a masterful new author.

Again, that's The Nistogist by Griffin Hansberry,

due out on September 11, 2012 from MP Publishing. For more information, please visit MP Publishing.ushing.com. It's a book. You can read it. Go and get it. Oh, my God.

You are not alone. You have found other people. You and I have a friend in common.

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done I think

it's really beautiful geez it's what I struggle you know it was incredible you know it's like

your head exploded seeing what was really there and now here's your host bradley steve

just one person at just one time okay everybody here we go again this is again. This is it. This is other people. This is two people talking on the telephone. This is what you've decided to do with yourself. Thank you for being here. Thank you for taking the time. Thank you for downloading me. I like to be downloaded. I like to be uploaded too, but I prefer to be downloaded. It's the end of the day here out in Los Angeles.

I just finished writing or trying to write.

I'm deep into the second half of this novel that I've been working on.

And the further into it, I get what I'm finding is that the writing gets slower and slower

and more and more difficult.

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