Episode 215 — Ethel Rohan

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2013

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Ethel Rohan is the guest. Her new story collection, Goodnight Nobody, is now available from Queen's Ferry Press. Peter Orner raves “Ethel Rohan speaks in many voices, all of which need to be heard. She goes so deeply into the hearts and souls of her people. And she wounds, she heals, often in the same sentence. Plain and simple, Goodnight Nobody is a great and unique collection of stories.” And Roxane Gay says “Fans of Ethel Rohan’s writing will find, in her latest and outstanding collection, Goodnight Nobody, a writer who has never been more intelligent, more graceful, more moving. Whether it’s a young girl torn between a loving father and an abusive mother, or a photographer who is losing her eyesight while her husband bears witness, or a woman who wants nothing more than a sign from her husband that he sees her, Rohan writes about people searching for a place to belong or a place to breathe or simply, a place to be. In Rohan’s eminently capable hands and words, these stories give us that hope that these searching people she writes will find everything they want or need.” Monologue topics: Americans' reading habits, polls, sex, sexual dysfunction, lying about sex and reading 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
0:10.0	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,
0:22.8	and literary mentorships. The organization was co-founded by writers and longtime friends,
0:27.9	Brandon Willits, and Mike McGrath, who aimed to change the national conversation around veterans'
0:33.5	issues by including civilians in that conversation. Their first writing workshop launches this fall in Brooklyn, New York, at Mello Page's
0:42.4	Library, and it's open to both veterans and civilians.
0:45.3	The workshop will be led by writer and veteran Matt Gallagher, a former Army Captain, and the
0:52.3	author of the Iraq War memoir, Kaboom.
0:55.6	Matt is also a co-editor and contributor to Fire and Forget short stories from the Long War.
1:02.2	Both of these books are published by DeKapo Press.
1:05.3	For more information, go to www.wortsafterwar.org. That's Words Afterwar.org.
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1:15.5	They also have a Facebook page and a Twitter.
1:19.3	Words after war, it's a literary organization for veterans and civilians.
1:25.0	Go and support it.
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1:30.3	You are not alone.
1:32.6	You have found other people.
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