Episode 331 — Atticus Lish

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2014

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Atticus Lish is the guest. His debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life, is available now from Tyrant Books. It is the official November selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. The New York Times calls it “Perhaps the finest and most unsentimental love story of the new decade.” And Joy Williams says "So much of American fiction has become playful, cynical and evasive. Preparation for the Next Life is the strong antidote to such inconsequentialities. Powerfully realistic, with a solemn, muscular lyricism, this is a very, very good book." Monologue topics: TNB Book Club, mail, transcribing this podcast, Dear Sugar, advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.7	Oh, my God.
0:50.3	You are not alone.
0:52.7	You have found other people.
0:56.1	You and I have a friend in common.
0:58.6	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:01.5	I think it's really beautiful.
1:03.1	Jesus, stated what I struggle, you know?
1:05.4	It was incredible.
1:06.6	You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there.
1:09.8	And now here's your host, Brad Listing. Just one person at just one time. Okay, everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is the result of infinite causality. This is the way we have chosen to spend our time. Hello. How are you? I'm Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. It's nice to be with you.
1:28.8	I appreciate you listening.
1:31.3	Atticus Lish is my guest.
1:37.8	His debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life, is available now from Tyrant Books, a great independent press out of New York City.
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