Episode 136 — Christine Schutt

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2013

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Christine Schutt is today's guest. She's the award-winning author of several books. Her first novel, Florida, was a National Book Award finalist, and her second novel, All Souls, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her latest novel, Prosperous Friends, is now available from Grove Press. Sam Lipsyte raves "Prosperous Friends is masterful, a comic-tragic astonishment. Christine Schutt continues to write some of the most original and rewarding prose I've ever read." And Gary Lutz says “It is no longer a secret that Christine Schutt is the finest writer among us, and Prosperous Friends is her finest work yet. There isn't a corner in any of her sentences left ungraced by her lyrical genius, her heart-fathoming wisdom. A few pages in, you'll know you have a classic in your hands." Monologue topics: New Year's resolutions, killing my Facebook account, purging, getting rid of things, newspapers, radios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.3	You have found other people. You and I have a friend in common.
1:13.2	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:16.1	I think it's really beautiful.
1:17.7	Jesus, what I struggle, you know?
1:20.0	It was incredible.
1:21.2	You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.
1:24.4	And now here's your host, Brad Listing.
1:27.2	Just one person at just one time.
1:29.7	Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is bookish in nature.
1:34.2	This is slightly off topic. Thanks for being here. I appreciate it. It's good to be with you.
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