Episode 491 — Carmen Maria Machado

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Brad Listi talks with Carmen Maria Machado, author of the story collection HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, available now from Graywolf Press. It is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Her memoir "House in Indiana" is forthcoming in 2019 from Graywolf Press. Machado holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Philadelphia with her wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.1	Every stupid thing that a writer could do I've done. I think it's really beautiful. 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. So, hey, everybody. Welcome to The Other People podcast.
0:55.5	This is The Other People Show.
0:56.9	I'm Brad Listy.
0:57.5	I'm sitting in Los Angeles.
0:59.2	And I'm very excited to have Carmen Maria Machado on the program today.
1:03.2	She has a story collection out from Grey Wolf Press.
1:05.5	It is called Her Body and Other Parties.
1:08.3	It is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award.
1:12.8	Carmen Maria Machado, her body and other parties out there now from Grey Wolf.
1:18.0	The National Book Award ceremony and benefit gala is coming up on November 15th.
1:23.5	This episode goes live on November 8th, just one week prior to the National Book Award ceremony.
1:28.7	Carmen Maria Machado could win the National Book Award.
1:32.4	She and I will be in conversation in just a minute.
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