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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, did it? What a 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. Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is me sitting here alone. This is you sitting there alone how's it going on

brad listy i'm in los angeles i'm alone i'm in my garage it's nice to be with you i have a very

good show for you today bill clegg is my guest not only is he a very prominent literary

agent in new york city representing some of our nation's finest writers he's also a best-selling

author of two addiction related memoir memoirs, the first of which

is called Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, which is a harrowing account of Bill's descent into

crack addiction, and the second memoir is called 90 Days, a Memoir of Recovery, which details his

recovery. And now he has just published his debut novel to rapturous acclaim.

I think that's fair to say. The novel is called Did You Ever Have a Family? It's available from Scout

Press. It has been long listed for the man Booker Prize and has also made the long list for the

2015 National Book Award. Not too shabby.

You're going to hear my conversation with Bill Clegg momentarily.

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