Episode 395 — Chiwan Choi

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2016

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Chiwan Choi is the guest. His latest poetry collection is called Abductions, available now from Writ Large Press. First episode of 2016. Here we go. Though technically Chiwan and I spoke in late 2015. He came over. It was cold. He was in a t-shirt. I offered him a coat. He said he was fine. I couldn't believe it. I felt like a sissy. He sat for the hour and seemed unaffected. Maybe something's wrong with me. Anyway it was really fun talking with him. We've met on a handful of occasions at literary events around Los Angeles. He grew up in LA, is very active in the literary community here. He was born in Korea. He lived in South America on his way to living in Los Angeles. He's an immigrant. His family immigrated. A sense of dislocation has been with him to a degree for all of his life. Or for most of his life. I think that's true. I hope I said that right. He can obviously say it better than I can. We talk about those parts of his life, among other things. I found his stories about being a child and moving around really touching. Listen to it. You'll see. In today's monologue I talk about the holidays. And Star Wars. I talk about Christmas trees. And the shame I feel over how few books I read last year compared to some people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.3	You are not alone. you have found other people you and i have
0:44.3	a friend in common every stupid thing that a writer could do i've done i think it's really beautiful
0:49.6	james stated what i 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. Right. Everybody, here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is me having an episode in public. This is the first episode of 2016. How's it going there happy new year once again i'm brad listi
1:11.8	i'm in los angeles california back in uh in the garage back in front of the microphone after the
1:17.2	holidays i hope you had a good uh holiday season hope you had a good christmas hope you had a good new year
1:22.6	hope you had a good honica did your family drive you crazy did you see your family do you have
1:26.4	any family were you suicidal have you made it through Are you hanging on by a thread? I don't know what to say. Except continue to hang on. Just hang on. I don't want to get overly therapeutic. It's over. It's the new year. Did you make resolutions? Did you hit the ground running? Have you read four books already?
1:47.5	Because this is going to be the year when everything changes?
1:52.7	Did you get a gym membership? Did you do yoga?
1:57.2	Have you been drinking green juice? Have you done none of of the above do you just not give a shit
2:02.5	i've done some of that stuff i've been reading i've had i have to read i don't even know
2:12.0	if i can say this i i shouldn't mention it i have an obligation requiring me to read i'll put it
2:17.1	that way so So that's
2:18.8	been forcing my hand. But it's been nice. And anyway, I want to read more in 2016. That is one of my
2:24.9	resolutions. Uh, so let's see. What did I do over the break? I had family in town. That's why I took
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