Today we’re joined by Cree Myles, the creative force behind Penguin Random Houses’ All Ways Black, a platform that is focused on uplifting and centering the work of Black authors. We talk today about the competitive drive that keeps us motivated, balancing personal identity and reading choices, and the vibe we expect to find in heaven.
The Stacks Book Club selection for December is Passing by Nella Larsen, we will discuss the book on January 26th with Cree Myles.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find everything we talked about on Amazon.
Books
- Baby Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
- Jesmyn Ward
- Heavy by Kiese Laymon
- Long Division by Kiese Laymon
- Robert Jones Jr.
- Jason Reynolds
- Beverly Cleary
- A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary
- Mary Oliver
- Toni Morrison
- Alice Walker
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguri
- Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
- The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler
- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- Yonder by Jabari Asim
- Deesha Philyaw
- The Greatest Short Stories of Leo Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow
- Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo
- Brandon Taylor
- Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
- Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour (Audiobook)
- Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
- The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- Paradise by Toni Morrison
- Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
- Jazz by Toni Morrison
- William Faulkner
- Vladimir Nobokov
- James Baldwin
- The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
- No Disrespect by Sister Souljah
- The Bell Jar by
- Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
- Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Everything Else
- All Ways Black
- Penguin Random House
- Octavia E. Butler: Telling My Stories
- Chris Jackson
- Reggie Bailey
- Homecoming (Netflix)
- Brady Live at Black Girls Rock 2016
- “The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action*” (Audre Lorde, 1977)
- Remember the Titans (Boaz Yakin, 2000)
- Solange Knowles
- Michael Jackson
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (NPR)
- Jidenna: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (NPR)
- Jennifer Lawrence
- “How Passing Was Adapted From Book To Netflix | But Have You Read The Book?” (Netflix, Youtube)
- Passing (Rebecca Hall, 2021)
- Ruth Negga
- Tessa Thompson
- Macbeth (Sam Gold, 2022)
- Daniel Craig
- Station Eleven (HBOMax)
- “Ep. 165 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy — The Stacks Book Club (Jenny Lee)” (The Stacks)
- Milwaukee Public Library
- The Gap
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola
- Whitney Plantation
- Blanford Cemetery
- “Ep. 40 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz — The Stacks Book Club (Alec Penix)” (The Stacks)
- Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
- The King and I (Walter Lang, 1956)
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