Brad Listi talks with Emily Geminder, author of DEAD GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES, winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Prize. Geminder's work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Prairie Schooner, Tin House, and elsewhere. The recipient of an AWP Intro Journals Award, a Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award, and a Pushcart Special Mention, she previously worked as a journalist in New York and Cambodia. She lives in Los Angeles. 

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Brad Listi talks with Elizabeth Ellen, author of the story collection SAUL STORIES (Short Flight / Long Drive Books). Earlier this year, she published a novel called PERSONA, and her poetry collection, ELIZABETH ELLEN, is coming soon. Ellen's other books include "Before You She Was a Pit Bull" (Future Tense), "Sixteen Miles Outside of Phoenix" (Rose Metal Press) and "Fast Machine" (Short Flight/Long Drive Books). She lives in Michigan.

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Brad Listi talks with Carmen Maria Machado, author of the story collection HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES, available now from Graywolf Press. It is a finalist for the 2017 National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize, and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize. Her memoir "House in Indiana" is forthcoming in 2019 from Graywolf Press. Machado holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and lives in Philadelphia with her wife.

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Brad Listi talks with Jarret Middleton, author of the debut novel DARKANSAS, available now from Dzanc Books. It is the official November selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Middleton's other book is a novella entitled "An Dantomine Eerly." He was the founding editor of Dark Coast Press and the classics library Pharos Editions, an imprint of Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press. His fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in a number of online and print publications. He lives in Seattle, WA.

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Brad Listi talks with Will Dowd, author of the essay collection AREAS OF FOG, due out from Etruscan Press on November 14, 2017. Dowd is a writer and artist from the Boston area. His work has appeared in Post Road Magazine, The Rialto, NPR.org, and elsewhere. Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. All episodes free.

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Brad Listi talks with Tod Goldberg, New York Times bestselling novelist and author of GANGSTER NATION, available now from Counterpoint Press. Goldberg's other books include Gangsterland (Counterpoint), a finalist for the Hammett Prize, and Living Dead Girl (Soho Press), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is the director of the Low Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts at the University of California, Riverside. 

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Brad Listi talks with Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of BLURRED LINES: RETHINKING SEX, POWER, & CONSENT ON CAMPUS, available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It is the official October pick of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club. Grigoriadis is a contributing editor at the New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair, specializing in pop culture, youth movements, and crime reporting. She is a National Magazine Award winner and has been featured on MSNBC, CNN, Dateline, and Investigation/Discovery shows.

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Brad Listi talks with Chelsea Martin, author of the essay collection CACA DOLCE: ESSAYS FROM A LOWBROW LIFE, available now from Soft Skull Press. Martin's other books include 'Even Though I Don’t Miss You', which was named one of the Best Indie Books of 2013 by Dazed magazine, and the novel 'Mickey.' Her work has appeared in Buzzfeed, Hobart, Lenny Letter, and Vice, and chosen as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2016. She is a comic artist and illustrator and currently lives in Washington State.

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Brad Listi talks with Ayobami Adebayo, author of the debut novel STAY WITH ME, available now from Knopf. Her stories have appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, and she has worked as an editor for Saraba magazine since 2009. She has received fellowships and residencies from Ledig House, Sinthian Cultural Centre, Hedgebrook, Ox-bow School of Arts, Ebedi Hills and Siena Art Institute. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. 

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Brad Listi talks with Karl Geary, author of the debut novel MONTPELIER PARADE, available from Catapult. Geary was born in Dublin, and moved to New York City at age sixteen. He cofounded two East Village institutions: the music venue Sin-é, and later the Scratcher. He has worked as a scriptwriter (Coney Island Baby) and an actor (Michael Almereyda’s Hamlet; Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall), and has adapted and directed Dorothy Parker’s story “You Were Perfectly Fine” for the screen. He lives in Glasgow

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