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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Episode 23 — Dennis Cooper

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2011

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Dennis Cooper is the guest.  He's the author of several books, including The Sluts, God Jr., the five novels of the George Miles cycle, and, most recently, The Marbled Swarm, now available from Harper Perennial. "Disquieting, humbling, and sadly beautiful ... Continue reading → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:36.4

This episode of Other People is brought to you by Harper Perennial, publisher of Drinking Closer to Home, the latest novel from Jessica Anya Blow.

0:43.9

Jessica's debut novel, The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, was hailed as one of the best books of 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle.

0:46.3

It, too, is available from Harper Perennial.

0:52.0

I should also mention Jessica has been a guest on this show, a very good guest, episode six.

0:52.9

Check it out.

0:58.0

The Austin Chronicle, talking about drinking closer to home, has this to say, quote, The domestic relationships are brilliantly rendered, a contemporary California version of Philip Roth, end quote.

1:04.9

And the New York Journal of Books says, quote, Jessica Anya Blow's sophomore effort is a raging success.

1:10.9

With incredible insight and endless imagination, she has created the uber dysfunctional family that survives cringeworthy encounters, yet manages to forge ironclad bonds.

1:20.9

End quote.

1:21.9

These are funny books.

1:23.2

These are unexpected books.

1:24.7

This is a funny, unexpected author will move you that's the summer

1:28.9

of naked swim parties and drinking closer to home by jessica aanya blow both are available from

1:36.3

harper perennial these are books you can read them go and get them oh my god God. You are not alone.

1:46.2

You have found other people.

1:49.6

You and I have a friend in common.

1:52.1

Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.

1:54.9

I think it's really beautiful.

1:56.6

Jake, stated what I struggle, you know?

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