THE CONTEXTUAL LIFE OFFERS A ROBUST REVIEW OF OTHER PEOPLE

Other People has gotten a rave review over at a blog called The Contextual Life.  (Thanks to Gabrielle Gantz!)

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OTHER PEOPLE IN PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

Other People has been written about in Publishers Weekly.

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OTHER PEOPLE MAKES MATADOR NETWORK’S LIST OF 21 FAVORITE PODCASTS

Good news!  Other People has made the Matador Network’s list of 21 favorite podcasts.

(Thanks to Kate Sedgwick and the folks at Matador.)

I HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED BY 16-YEAR-OLD BOOK BLOGGER ROBBY AULD

I’ve been interviewed about Other People and The Nervous Breakdown by 16-year-old book blogger wünderkind Robby Auld.

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FICTIONAUT INTERVIEW

I’ve been interviewed by the fine people over at Fictionaut.

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ME AND MY BIG MOUTH INTERVIEW

I’ve been interviewed by Scott Pack over in the UK. 

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RICHARD NASH ON ‘OTHER PEOPLE’

Publishing impresario Richard Nash uwith some kind words for the podcast.

MY YEAR IN READING

I’ve shared my Year in Reading over at The Millions, a terrific literary site. 

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HTML GIANT INTERVIEW

I’ve been interviewed by Drew Nellins over at HTML Giant.

An excerpt:

Other People with Brad Listi is a twice-weekly author interview show with a unique literary emphasis. Rather than focusing on their books, Listi asks his writer guests to open up about their lives as writers, what’s driving them, how they work, their personal philosophies and their opinions of other writers’ books. Sometimes an episode seems to be about everything except the subject’s latest book. Whatever they talk about, the shows—which typically clock in at just over an hour—are almost always filled with interesting conversation, and Listi has, in just a few months, had a lot of terrific guests, including Blake Butler, Steve Almond, Victoria Patterson, Joshua Mohr, and Dennis Cooper….

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EPISODE 25 — JOHN WARNER

Today’s guest is John Warner. He’s the author of four books, most recently a debut novel called The Funny Man, available now from SoHo Press. And he’s also the longtime editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Publishers Weekly calls The Funny Man “[An] equally sickening and humorous portrait of the celebrity as a delusional man.” And the New York Journal of Books says:

“The Funny Man joins a short list of intelligent, dark comedies about self-loathing main characters whose success is built on the poor taste and/or low IQ of the American public…[the book] puts Warner among the most perceptive and edgy chroniclers of an increasingly coarse American culture.”

This one was fun. Really enjoyed talking with John.

Topics of conversation include: Lake Charles, McSweeney’s, tent revivals, McNeese State, bicycle cops, Robert Olen Butler, John Hughes, Chicago, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, South Carolina, church, the phrase “bless your heart,” The Real World, Barry Bonds, living with your parents, the Woody Creek Tavern, Comic Sans, humor writing, and trying to fit your fist in your mouth.

Please remember to subscribe to the show over at iTunes, or at Stitcher. It’s free. Or listen online by clicking right here.

Thanks for listening, everybody. Really appreciate it.

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