Ep. 167 Disrupting the Systems that Cage Us with Marlon Peterson
Today we are joined by author and activist Marlon Peterson. His book Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song is out now and is both a memoir of Marlon’s time in prison and an indictment of a system that fails its citizens. We talk today about possibility, asking different questions, and romantic comedies.
The Stacks Book Club selection for June is The Undying by Anne Boyer. We will discuss the book with Mychal Denzel Smith on Wednesday June 30th.
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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
Bird Uncaged by Marlon Peterson
"Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform" (Marlon Peterson, Ted Residency)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Marlon's Family Seeing Bird Uncaged ( January 31, 2021)
Love Jones (Theodore Witcher, 1997)
Love and Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Breathe by Imani Perry
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
Brooklyn Reads: Bird Uncaged with Marlon Peterson and Ilyasah Shabazz
"Ep. 135 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley -- The Stacks Book Club (Marc Lamont Hill)" (The Stacks)
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