Wendy C. Ortiz on Dreams, Ghosts, Tori Amos, Belief, Machine Elves, and Jungian Analysis

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Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In today's flashback, an outtake from Episode 436, my conversation with Wendy C. Ortiz. Her books include Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the "dreamoir" Bruja. Wendy was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the National Book Critics Circle Small Press Spotlight blog. Her writing has appeared in such venues as The New York Times, Joyland, StoryQuarterly, and a year-long series appeared at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Her “Urban Liminal” series of texts appear alongside signature graphic representations of the projects of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects in the book Amplified Urbanism (2017). Wendy is a psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles. *** 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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0:58.0	Hi everybody, welcome to The Other People Show. I'm Brad Listy and I am your host. I'm in Los
1:06.0	Angeles. It is good to be with you. I appreciate you tuning in. It is Friday, so it is time for another flashback
1:12.9	episode where I dig into the other people archives and share an outtake from an episode from years
1:21.3	past. Today, I will be sharing an outtake from episode 436, my conversation with author Wendy C. Ortiz.
1:31.2	It first aired on October 19, 2016.
1:35.8	Wendy Ortiz was born and raised right here in Los Angeles.
1:39.6	She is the author of several books, including Excavation, a Mem memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and a Dreamwar
1:48.5	entitled Bruha. Her work has been featured in a variety of publications, including
1:54.2	the LA Times, the Rumpus, the LA Review of Books, the New York Times, and Story Quarterly.
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