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Otherppl with Brad Listi

Episode 296 — Jac Jemc

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8554 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2014

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jac Jemc is the guest. Her new story collection, A Different Bed Every Time, is due out from Dzanc Books this fall.  Jesse Ball says "To Jemc the world is a place where each person, every human cypher, must devour another. What then can we do, if we are devoured, if we are overcome with our own devouring? Her escape plan is inspired and ancient -- to become protean, to dwell in costume after costume, parcelling away the truth that can be found in each. But where is it hid? Ask her, though she may not say." And Lindsay Hunter says "Jac Jemc is an artisan. A Different Bed Every Time stays with you long after you've finished reading. Every story is painstakingly crafted with words and imagery that are honed and placed just so, creating a mosaic you feel grateful, exhilarated, thrilled to experience." Monologue topics:  awards shows, the word "lil," humanity, world peace, fuckedness.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Because you bought your robot vacuum on your Barclay card, you got zero percent interest for up to 24 months, which makes watching it, hypnotically sweeping up your crumbs, even more satisfying. Oh, Mr. Bit? What you buy is your business. Helping you pay less interest is ours. Barclay card, make money work for you. Subject to financial status, new customers only. Representative example, 24.9% APR representative variable, 24.9% purchase rate per annum based on 1,200 pound credit limit tis and see supply. Hey, everybody. Today's episode is brought to you by Audible, the world's leading provider of audiobooks. You know what audiobooks are, right? They're books that you listen to. You can listen to them on your device. You can listen to them on your computer. You can listen to them on just about any digital gadget that you might have. So if you want to get a free audiobook, just go to audible trial.com slash other people and spell out other people, O-T-H-E-R-P-E-O-P-L-E. I think that's how you spell it, right?

0:57.5

Other people. Spell it out the traditional way. And you can get yourself a free audio book download

1:02.8

with a free 30-day trial. Audible. Come on, folks. You want to listen to books. You want to be in your

1:09.5

car. You want to be listening to a book on the way to work instead of listening to the radio and hearing advertisements.

1:14.7

It's a better use of your time.

1:16.4

Go to audible trial.com slash other people today.

1:19.9

These are books.

1:21.4

You can listen to them.

1:22.5

Go and get one.

1:23.8

Oh, my God.

1:26.6

You are not alone.

1:28.8

You have found other people.

1:32.3

You and I have a friend in common.

1:34.8

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

1:37.6

I think it's really beautiful.

1:39.3

Jake, I stayed in West, struggle, you know?

1:41.6

It was incredible.

1:42.8

It was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person at just one time. Right. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is me on your device. This is you on your treadmill. I'm Brad Listy. I hope you're not on a treadmill, by the way. It's depressing to think of people on treadmills. Treadmills are inherently depressing.

2:04.6

I'm Brad Listy. I think I already said that. I'm here in Los Angeles and it's good to be with you. Thank you for listening. My guest today is Jack Jems. I finally learned how to pronounce that. I don't mean to harp on this because I know she gets this all the time.

2:18.0

But for years, I've been sitting here at my computer, seeing her name on various literary

2:22.4

sites and wondering, how the fuck do you say that?

2:25.9

And I finally learned.

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