Ep. 112 R. Eric Thomas//Here for It
R. Eric Thomas is the author of Here for It and the writer behind Elle.com's daily column "Eric Reads the News". Eric joins the show to talk about centering his identities of Black, Christian, Gay, and American in Here for It, his collection of humorous and thoughtful essays. We also discuss pop culture as a unifying force, Maxine Waters, and how dreams really do come true (and how badly we need to remember that right now).
The Stacks Book Club selection for May is The Giver by Lois Lowry. We will discuss the book with Sue Thomas on May 27th.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
Here for It: Or How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas
Eric Reads the News (Elle)
"Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You" (The Stacks)
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
Steel Magnolias (Herbert Ross, 1989)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Calypso by David Sedaris
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Kanye West, 2010)
Dissect (Cole Cuchna | Spotify)
Lemonade (Beyonce, 2016)
Lemonade Visual Album (Beyonce, 2016)
"S2E11 – Runaway by Kanye West (Part 1)" (Dissect)
"S2E6 – Power by Kanye West" (Dissect)
Reclaiming Her Time by R. Eric Thomas and Helena Andrews-Dyer
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Fraud by David Rakoff
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
Autopsy by Donte Collins
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Becoming (Netflix)
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