896. Brandi Wells

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Brandi Wells is the author of the debut novel The Cleaner, available from Hanover Square Press. Wells' other books include the novella This Boring Apocalypse, published by Civil Coping Mechanisms (2015) and a full length chapbook of stories, Please Don't Be Upset, published by Tiny Hardcore Press (2011). Their fiction appears in Puerto Del Sol, Mid-American Review, Tri-Quarterly and many other journals. Wells earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama, as well as a PhD in literature and creative writing from the University of Southern California. They're currently an Assistant Professor of creative writing at CSU Fullerton. *** 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, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram TikTok Bluesky 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	Hey, where is there?
0:02.0	I'm on.
0:03.0	I love you.
0:05.0	I love you.
0:06.0	Welcome to the podcast.
0:09.0	This is The Other People Show.
0:10.0	I'm Brad Listy.
0:12.0	I am your host.
0:13.0	I'm in Los Angeles.
0:14.0	How's it going out there?
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0:33.3	So my guest today is Brandy Wells, author of a new novel called The Cleaner.
0:41.1	So putting myself in the shoes with The Cleaner just felt like the natural point.
0:45.7	I wanted someone who was their job.
0:49.0	And so we only really see her in the office.
0:51.3	There are a few moments where she's outside of the office, but she's only in
0:54.3	the office and she's only interacting with the security guard, the delivery person, and sort of
1:00.3	the ghost of people that she invents that aren't there anymore, right? These vestiges of the daytime
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