Bill Clegg on Literary Agents, Humility, Excellence, Fame, Sales, and the Mysteries of Publishing

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 381, my conversation with author and literary agent Bill Clegg. It first aired on September 23, 2015. Clegg is a literary agent in New York and the author of the bestselling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man and Ninety Days. The author of the novels Did You Ever Have a Family and The End of the Day, he has written for the New York Times, Lapham's Quarterly, New York magazine, The Guardian, and Harper's Bazaar. *** 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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0:52.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to The Other People Show, a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.
1:00.8	My name is Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. Thank you for being here. I appreciate it. I hope you're doing all right.
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1:21.6	So today is Friday and as such I'm going to be doing a flashback where I dig into the other people archives
1:28.9	and share an outtake from an episode from the past.
1:34.0	Today, an outtake from episode 381, my conversation with author and literary agent, Bill Kleg.
1:44.1	Episode 381 first aired on September 23, 2015. Bill Clegg is a notable
1:52.5	literary agent and the author of the best-selling memoirs Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man,
2:03.3	and another one called 90 Days.
2:11.5	He is also the author of the novels, Did You Ever Have a Family, and The End of the Day?
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