How to Write from the Inside Out

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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A new 'Craftwork' episode about writing deeply personal narratives. My guest is Rachel Krantz, author of the debut memoir Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy, now available in trade paperback from Harmony Books. Krantz is a journalist and one of the founding editors of Bustle, where she served as senior features editor for three years. Her work has been featured on NPR, The Guardian, Vox, Vice, and many other outlets. She's the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Radio Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Peabody Award for her work as an investigative reporter with YR Media. Open is her first book. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch Twitter Instagram TikTok Bluesky Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.3	Okay, welcome to the Other People podcast. I'm Brad Listy here in Los Angeles.
0:28.3	This is a weekly program featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers.
0:33.8	It's good to be with you. And I'm excited about today's conversation.
0:40.1	My guest is Rachel Krantz.
0:42.3	She is here to do a craftwork episode called How to Write from the Inside Out.
0:49.4	Rachel is the author of a debut memoir called Open,
0:53.6	an uncensored memoir of love, liberation, and non-monogamy.
0:59.5	It is available now in trade paperback from Harmony Books.
1:04.5	You may recall that I spoke with Rachel a couple of years ago in episode 756 when open first came out. It was a great conversation.
1:14.1	So you might want to listen to episode 756 in tandem with this episode.
1:24.1	So today's craftwork conversation is going to focus on getting the interior into the exterior, how to take your innermost thoughts and feelings and concerns and the intimate life events that have shaped you and how to put that stuff onto the page.
1:48.7	Rachel's book required a lot of careful self-investigation, careful self-documentation,
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