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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Alexandra Kleeman on Los Angeles, Filmmaking, Boredom, Adaptation, Todd Haynes, Writing, Idealism, Cynicism, Hamlet, Climate Change, and Public Breakdowns

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 732, my conversation with author Alexandra Kleeman. The episode first aired on October 13, 2021. Kleeman is the author of the novel Something New Under the Sun (Hogarth Press). Her other books include the story collection Intimations and the debutnovel You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Zoetrope, Conjunctions, and Guernica, among other publications, and her other writing has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Tin House, n+1, and The Guardian. Her work has received fellowships and support from Bread Loaf, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Headlands Center for the Arts. She is the winner of the Berlin Prize and the Bard Fiction Prize, and was a Rome Prize Literature Fellow at the American Academy in Rome. She lives in Staten Island and teaches at the New School. *** 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 @otherppl Instagram  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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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome to the program. This is The Other People Show, a weekly podcast featuring

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in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. I am Brad Listy. I'm your host. I'm in Los Angeles.

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Thank you for being here.

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It's Friday, so I'm going to be doing a flashback episode, where I dig into the other people archives and share an outtake from an episode out of the past. Today, an outtake from episode 732, my conversation with author Alexandra Clemen.

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It first aired on October 13th, 2021.

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Alexandra Clemen is the author of the acclaimed novel Something New Under the Sun.

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Her other books include a short story collection called Intimations and the debut novel,

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You Two Can Have a Body Like Mine.

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You Two Can Have a Body Like Mine was awarded the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize,

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and it was a New York Times editor's choice.

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Alexandra Clemen's fiction has been published in The New Yorker,

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The Paris Review, Conjunctions, and

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Guernica. She is an assistant professor at the new school. A flashback to episode 732

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is coming up momentarily.

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Don't forget to sign up for my weekly email newsletter over at bradlisty.substack.com and if you want to join the other people Patreon community, I would appreciate that.

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If you're a regular listener, check it out over at patreon.com slash other ppl pod.

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Help keep this show going into the future.

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All right.

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So once again, today is Friday.

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It's time for a flashback.

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And I'm going to be sharing an outtake from episode 732, my conversation with Alexandra

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Clemen.

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