Episode 210 — Curtis Sittenfeld

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2013

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Curtis Sittenfeld is the guest. She is the bestselling author of the novels Prep and American Wife, and her new book, Sisterland, is now available in hardcover and ebook from Random House. The paperback edition is due out in Spring 2014. The Boston Globe raves “The power of [Sittenfeld’s] writing and the force of her vision challenge the notion that great fiction must be hard to read. She is a master of dramatic irony, creating fully realized social worlds before laying waste to her heroines’ understanding of them...Her prose [is] a rich delight.” And The New York Times calls it “Psychologically vivid...Sittenfeld’s gifts for portraying the inner lives of her heroines [bring Sisterland] closer, in terms of emotional chiaroscuro, to two classics about pairs of sisters, The Old Wives’ Tale by Arnold Bennett and The Easter Parade by Richard Yates...Sisterland is a testament to the author’s growing depth and assurance as a writer.” Monologue topics: excerpts of my old journal entries, letters, my twenties, How to Fail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this episode of Other People is sponsored by Words After War.
0:05.2	Words After War is an emerging literary organization with a mission to offer fully funded opportunities for veterans, their families, and civilian supporters to share their stories.
0:16.0	Words After War aims to build a supportive, creative community through writing workshops, studio retreats, and
0:22.9	literary mentorships. The organization was co-founded by writers and longtime friends Brandon Willits
0:28.6	and Mike McGrath, who aimed to change the national conversation around veterans' issues
0:34.0	by including civilians in that conversation. Their first writing workshop launches this fall in Brooklyn, New York, at Mello Pages
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