Episode 390 — Amina Cain

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2015

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Amina Cain is the guest. Her latest story collection, Creature, is available now from Dorothy Books. I was unusually tired on the day that Amina came over to do the show. I'm almost always tired these days because of the newborn, but on this particular day it was especially so. The comparison I often make is drunk driving. It can feel like you're driving drunk, talking into a microphone on three hours of sleep. That's probably not the best comparison but you know what I mean. Anyway, my point is that, as tired as I was, talking to Amina was easy and it gave me energy and made me feel better. She has that kind of effect. I imagine I'm not the only person who feels this way. Just a very thoughtful, kind, sincere person, and a very good writer. Hers is a point of view that feels valuable to me, and I'm glad she's writing books and making art. In today's monologue, I read some mail and then talk about money and class anxiety and having low-level panic attacks at parties and try to make sense of what seems to be a growing caste system in America. And so on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks, today's episode is brought to you by Litbreaker.
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0:21.3	Litbreaker.com.
0:23.2	It's an advertising network for book nerds.
0:25.9	Go and advertise on it.
0:27.4	Oh, my God.
0:30.1	You are not alone.
0:32.4	You have found other people.
0:36.0	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, what a struggle, you know? It was incredible. You know, 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. Okay, everybody.
0:55.0	Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is you using headphones to avoid people. How's it going? I'm Brad Listy. I'm in Los Angeles. Thank you for listening. Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for your listenership. I appreciate it deeply. and we'll think about it over the holidays as I sit in front of a fire.
1:12.8	Great show for you today.
1:13.8	Amina Kane. for your listenership. I appreciate it deeply. And we'll think about it over the holidays as I sit in front of a fire.
1:12.8	Great show for you today.
1:13.8	Amina Kane is my guest.
1:16.1	She is the author of two story collections.
1:17.8	The first is called I Go to Some Hollow.
1:21.0	That was published by La Figue Press.
1:23.6	And the second story collection is called Creature.
1:27.0	Available now from Dorothy Books.
1:29.2	Creature.
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