Susan Choi on Adolescence, Motherhood, Teaching, Me Too, Power, Abuse, and High School

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 647, my conversation with author Susan Choi. She won the National Book Award in 2019 for her novel Trust Exercise. This episode first aired on June 10, 2020. Susan's first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Ander fourth novel, My Education, received a 2014 Lammy Award. ” She serves as a trustee of PEN America and teaches in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. ‘ *** 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 @otherppl Instagram TikTok 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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1:28.5	So today is Friday.
1:31.9	And I'm going to be doing another flashback episode where I dig into the archives and share an outtake from a golden oldie.
1:40.9	Today it is episode 647.
1:43.5	My conversation with Susan Choi. This episode aired on June 10th,
1:50.0	2020. Susan Choi won the National Book Award in 2019 for her novel, Trust Exercise. That was her fifth novel, I believe. Her first novel,
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