The Power of Names in Writing and Real Life

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Arts, Society & Culture, Books

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

A new 'Craftwork' episode, about the power of names in writing and real life. My guest is Ethel Rohan, author of the novel Sing, I, available from Triquarterly Books. Rohan is an award-winning essayist, novelist, and short story writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Irish Times, PEN America, and Tin House. Her previous books include The Weight of Him and In the Event of Contact. *** 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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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to The Other People Show.
0:08.6	I'm Brad Listy and I'm in Los Angeles. It's good to be with you. Thanks for being here.
0:15.6	Hope everything's going okay, wherever you are. Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast wherever you listen.
0:24.0	You can also subscribe on YouTube. Follow the show on social media, TikTok, Instagram,
0:29.7	Twitter, and Blue Sky. So I have a craftwork episode for you today.
0:38.5	It is called The Power of Names in Writing and Real Life.
0:45.1	I'm going to be in conversation with author Ethel Rowan.
0:50.7	She has a new novel out called Sing I.
0:58.0	It is available from Tri-quarterly books.
1:10.0	We had a really fascinating talk about names, which is another way of talking about the fundamental power of words. So, character names, book titles, my name, her name.
1:18.6	We talk about names.
1:22.6	And I had a great time with Ethel Rowan, who is a returning champion.
1:28.3	She has been on this program once before.
1:32.3	You'll hear the two of us in just a bit.
1:40.3	A quick reminder about my weekly email newsletter.
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2:04.9	Today's episode is brought to you by Penguin Books,
2:07.6	publisher of the story collection, My Documents,
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