Otherppl with Brad Listi: Books & Culture

The Real Podcasters of Los Angeles

There Was Something in the Sky

923. Rita Bullwinkel

Bill Clegg on Literary Agents, Humility, Excellence, Fame, Sales, and the Mysteries of Publishing

922. R.O. Kwon

921. Colombe Schneck

Mark Leidner on Aphorisms, Writing, Risk, Memory, Parables, Myth, Poetry, Religion, Miracles, Nature, Childhood, and Church

920. Hari Kunzru

919. Myriam Lacroix

Sam Tallent on Publishing, Comedy, Community, Doug Stanhope, Vegas, Reading, Self-Education, Writing, Weed, and Panic Attacks

918. Carvell Wallace

The Life of a Bookseller

Garth Greenwell on Style, Opera, Kentucky, Mentors, Poetry, Bulgaria, Prose, Good Art, and Magnetism in Language

917. Hanif Abdurraqib

916. Helen Tworkov

Alexandra Kleeman on Los Angeles, Filmmaking, Boredom, Adaptation, Todd Haynes, Writing, Idealism, Cynicism, Hamlet, Climate Change, and Public Breakdowns

The Power of Names in Writing and Real Life

915. Alejandro Zambra and Megan McDowell

Bud Smith on Jersey, Childhood, Cop Cars, Libraries, Heavy Construction, Suburbs, Bands, Vonnegut, Rage, Seinfeld, Boredom, Blogs, and Universality

How to Structure a Novel

In this episode of the Other People podcast, host Brad Listi interviews author Mark Cecil about how to structure a novel. Cecil shares his journey of writing six unsuccessful novels before delving into story theory and developing his own approach. They discuss the distinction between "book matter" and "story matter," t...