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You are not alone. you have found other people you and i have a friend in common

every stupid thing that a writer could do i've done i think it's really beautiful jesus stated

what i struggle you know it was incredible you know it's like your head exploded seeing what was

really there and now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. All right, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is me ravaged by sleep deprivation. This is you falling asleep while I talk. How are you today? How are you? Did I just say that? Hope things are good out there. I'm Brad Listy and I'm sitting here in Los Angeles. It's very nice to be with you. I'm going to be talking with Renee Denfeld in just a moment. She has her debut novel out. It's called The Enchanted. Uh, but first, I wanted to tell you a story. It's kind of a funny story from the other night

here in los angeles i was out to dinner with some friends i was in los felis i went to see

uh melissa broder she was reading at skylight books you know melissa broder the poet uh she's

been on this program before.

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But anyway, she was reading in Skylight.

I wanted to go over and support the cause.

So I went over there and I had some dinner with some friends and some drinks.

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