Episode 323 — Diane Cook

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Diane Cook is the guest. Her debut story collection, Man V. Nature, is available now from Harper Books. Tea Obreht says "Man V. Nature is as close to experiencing a Picasso as literature can get: the worlds in Diane Cook’s impressive debut are bizarre, vertiginous, funny, pushed to the extreme-but just familiar enough in their nuances of the human condition to evoke an irresistible, around-the-corner reality.” And the Boston Globe says “Here’s a good rule: If Diane Cook wrote it, read it…Safety is tenuous, if not an illusion, in her thoughtful, unsettling, and darkly funny collection.” Monologue topics: Kathleen Hale, Blythe Harris, don't feed trolls, Goodreads, stalking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.2	slash other people you can get an audio book that's a good thing you can listen to the book
0:30.6	it's user-friendly you can do other things while also having a book read to you do you
0:36.7	understand that scenario
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0:43.3	them go and get one oh my god you are not alone you have found other people
0:53.3	you and I have a friend in common every stupid thing that alone. You have found other people.
0:56.6	You and I have a friend in common.
0:59.5	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:00.9	I think it's really beautiful.
1:03.5	Jesus, did it what? I struggle, you know?
1:07.6	It was incredible. It was like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.
1:10.6	And now here's your host, Brad Listy.
1:29.8	Just one person at just one time. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is making it up as I go along. This is trying to capture some of your attention. How are you? I'm Brad Listy. It's nice to be with you. I have a great show for you today. My guest is Diane Cook. She has a debut story collection out there from Harper.
1:29.8	It's called Man v. I have a great show for you today. My guest is Diane Cook. She has a debut story collection out there from Harper.
1:32.3	It's called Man v. Nature.
1:34.4	Man v. Nature.
1:36.3	It is generating critical acclaim.
1:38.2	It is earning plaudits.
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