860. Maya Binyam

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Maya Binyam is the author of the debut novel Hangman, available from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Binyam is a fiction writer and critic whose work has appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, New York, Bookforum, Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. She is a contributing editor at The Paris Review and has previously worked as an editor at Triple Canopy and The New Inquiry. She lives in Los Angeles. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. 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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0:55.0	So my guest today is Maya Beaniem, author of the debut novel, Hangman.
1:03.2	My dad, like the narrator in the book, was a political prisoner.
1:08.0	He was an organizer in Ethiopia during the 70s when there was a revolution.
1:13.6	And he was incarcerated for a while. He was in prison for off and on, but for a total of like three years.
1:23.6	And the second time he went to prison, he was arrested with, I think it was 60 other people.
1:30.9	And then by the time they came out a couple years later, there were only 12 of them left.
1:36.4	So there were executions happening pretty steadily throughout his time in prison.
1:42.7	Okay, that was Maya Beignam. author of the debut novel, Hangman,
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