Episode 412 — Kirstin Valdez Quade

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2016

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Kirstin Valdez Quade is the guest. Her debut story collection, Night at the Fiestas, is now available in paperback from W.W. Norton & Company. I first met Kirstin on April 1, 2016, at the Ace Hotel Theater in downtown Los Angeles. We were standing side-by-side in the wings, just as she was being introduced at Literary Death Match. She went to walk out onstage, and as she did I turned to her and said, in a deadpan/jokey way, "Don't fuck this up." She smiled, but only kind of (to be fair, it was dark, and things were happening fast), and then almost immediately I began to question my judgment, wondering if the joke had been ill-advised. The good news is, Kirstin didn't hold it against me. In fact, she barely remembered it. In today's monologue, I talk about mediocrity and Hollywood and delusions of grandeur. 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 the Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour,
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1:01.3	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done.
1:04.1	I think it's really beautiful.
1:05.8	Jesus, did it well?
1:06.8	I struggle, you know?
1:08.1	It was incredible.
1:09.3	You know, it's like your head exploded, seeing what was really there. And now here's your host, Brad Listy. Just one person and just one time. Here we go again. This is it. This is other people. This is continuing to happen. This is indicative of a larger trend. How's it going out there? What's happening? My name's Brad Listy, and I'm in Los Angeles, and it's very nice to be with you. Thank you for
1:27.9	tuning in. My guest today is Kirsten Valdez-Quaid. She has a debut story collection out. It's called
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