Episode 190 — Sean Carswell

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2013

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Sean Carswell is the guest. His new novel is called Madhouse Fog. Patricia Geary says “I’m a huge fan of Carswell’s fiction: he’s intelligent, hilarious, incisive, and his ear for dialogue is extraordinary. Nevertheless, I found Madhouse Fog to be a geometric progression of his talent—besides being compelling and wonderfully strange (I lost sleep over it; it’s a damn hard book to put down), it is the epitome of literary sophistication. I loved this novel!” And Scott O'Connor says “Sean Carswell is full of surprises. He’s funny, frightening, madcap, philosophical. His writing has a real warmth of spirit, and the kind of deft observation that changes the way you see things long after you leave the page.” Monologue topics: Amazon, Apple, Big 5 publishers, the future of publishing, the business of publishing, paranoia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention.
0:03.1	Attention.
0:04.0	Attention.
0:05.0	Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators.
0:10.0	Have you heard?
0:12.0	The big railfare freeze is here.
0:14.0	Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets,
0:20.0	including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets.
0:23.4	For more information, visit NationalRail.com.ukuk slash fares freeze.
0:28.3	Teas and season exclusions apply.
0:30.1	Hello, everybody.
0:31.1	Today's episode of Other People is sponsored by the Pygmalion Literary Festival,
0:35.9	taking place in various bars throughout downtown
0:38.1	Champaign and Urbana, Illinois on September 27th and 28th, 2013.
0:44.6	The Pygmalion Literary Festival will feature an eclectic lineup of emerging and established
0:49.1	authors, many of whom have appeared right here on this program.
0:52.9	This year's headliners include Dan Sean, Amelia Gray, Matt Bell, Roxanne Gay, and James Greer,
1:00.8	who will be joined by Kyle Miner, Lindsay Hunter, Kathleen Rooney, and many more.
1:07.3	And what else, you ask?
1:09.0	Well, since the Pygmalion Lit Fest is a collaboration between Ninth Letter, Hobart, another literary journal, and the Pygmalian Music Festival, folks who attend this year will be able to experience a great lineup of musicians like Major Laser, Dawes, the Breeders, Kurt Vile and the Violators, and the Head and the Heart.
1:31.6	Catch the beginning of Kurt Vial set after hearing Matt Bell and Roxanne Gay read together.
1:37.2	Kill Time in between Amelia Gray's reading and the Breeders set by checking out the Pygmalion Book Fair.
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