812. Wendell Steavenson

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Wendell Steavenson is the author of the novel Margot, available from W.W. Norton & Co. It is the official February pick of the TNB Book Club. Steavenson, whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the Financial Times, and Granta, is the author of the novel Paris Metro and three books of reporting. Born in New York and raised in London, she now lives in France. *** 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. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube TikTok 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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1:13.9	My guest is Wendell Stevenson, author of a new novel entitled Margo.
1:21.7	I remember feeling, you know, in my early 20s, having graduated and sort of bounced around with a few jobs
1:28.5	and finding myself in Tbilisi in Georgia, where I had gone to write stories, absurdly enough.
1:36.4	And I remember just to having a sort of, you know, one of those, you know, classic existential
1:41.9	crises where you're like, I'm nothing, I've achieved nothing, I've done
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