This episode of The Stacks Unabridged is a special AMA session with your host in the hot seat. We collected questions from social media and our Patreon and Substack communities, and Mr. Stacks asked Traci everything you wanted to know. You’ll hear about how Traci reads for work versus pleasure, her favorite musicals, 2024 baseball predictions, and much more.

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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Amazon.

• Unstacked
• The Stacks Pack
• The Stacks Instagram
• We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian
• “Ep. 268 Over Burdened and Under Funded by Roxanna Asgarian” (The Stacks)
• The Unclaimed by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans
• “Ep. 311 They Say We Die Twice with Pamela Prickett & Stefan Timmermans” (The Stacks)
• Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
• “Ep. 1 Talking Books with Dallas Lopez” (The Stacks)
• “Ep. 3 Talking Books with Sarah Fong” (The Stacks)
• “Ep. 193 Betting on the Kids with Angelina Jolie and Tokata Iron Eyes” (The Stacks)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Color Purple Broadway Musical by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
• The Color Purple (Blitz Bazawule, 2023)
• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
• Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
• Missoula by Jon Krakauer
• Barack Obama
• Michelle Obama
• Oprah Winfrey
• Jesmyn Ward
• Columbine by Dave Cullen
• There There by Tommy Orange
• “Ep. 310 The Absence of Story with Tommy Orange” (The Stacks)
• Bachelor Party (The Ringer)
• The Tony Kornheiser Show (This Show Stinks Productions)
• Glamorous Trash (Chelsea Devantez)
• 2 Black Girls 1 Rose
• Sam Sanders
• The Ezra Klein Show (The New York Times)
• Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay (The Ringer)
• Vibe Check (Stitcher)
• Zach Stafford
• Saeed Jones
• Barbara Walters
• 20/20 (ABC)

• Los Angeles Dodgers
• Shohei Ohtani
• Mike Trout
• Los Angeles Angels
• PAW Patrol (Nick Jr)
• 101 Dalmatians (Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi, 1961)
• The Lion King (Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, 1994)
• The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
• A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
• Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Herbert Kretzmer
• The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Stephen Sondheim
• A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch
• Oklahoma! by Rodgers and Hammerstein
• Passing Strange by Stew & Heidi Rodewald
• Colman Domingo
• Stew
• Passing Strange (Spike Lee, 2010)
• Wicked by Stephen Schwartz
• Rent by Jonathan Larson
• Legally Blonde by Nell Benjamin
• Movin’ Out by Billy Joel
• Twyla Tharp
• Billy Joel
• Dear Evan Hansen by Justin Paul and Benj Pasek
• Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
• “Ragtime” (Nicholas Rose & Ragtime Ensemble, 1996)
• “Wheels of a Dream” (Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald, 1996)
• FictionMatters on Substack
• William Kent Krueger
• Keurig coffee makers
• “Ep. 284 Romance and Politics with Stacey Abrams” (The Stacks)
• Jason Reynolds
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (Hiroshima, Japan)
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, DC)
• Hiroshima Nagasaki by Paul Ham
• People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry 
• Assata by Assata Shakur
• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
• The Pope and Mussolini by David I. Kertzer 
• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• Blood Brothers by Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts
• Sephora
• Extreme Cream Anti-Aging, Firming, & Lifting Refillable Moisturizer
• Firming Eye Cream with Peptides
• Superscreen Rich Hydrating Cream SPF 40 Moisturizer Face Sunscreen
• Garnier 24H Moisture Cream
• Costco
• Colleen Hoover
• J.K. Rowling
• Malcolm Gladwell
• Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Winston Churchill
• Adolf Hitler
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• “Malcolm Gladwell Reaches His Tipping Point” (Andrew Ferguson, The Atlantic)
• Viet Nguyen
• Thi Bui
• Chicken of the Sea by Viet Thanh Nguyen and Thi Bui
• The Smart Cookie by Jory John and Pete Oswald
• The Sour Grape by Jory John and Pete Oswald
• “Ep. 289 Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Oliver Jeffers” (The Stacks)
• Oliver Jeffers
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall 
• Lovevery
• Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
• Monsters Love School by Mike Austin
• Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers
• The Mini Stacks Bookshop
• Traci Thomas on Shereads.com
• Show & Tell
• Parody of Hamilton (@mindseyeband on TikTok)
• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) by Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• The Witches by Roald Dahl
• Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal 
• Athletic Greens
• Tushy bidet
• Miracle Made sheets
• Hello Fresh
• Gumball
• Microdose Gummies
• Peloton
• Beyoncé
• Beyoncé – Countdown (Jack Beats Remix) (Youtube.com)
• “AUSTIN JAMES – Bound Me 2 Church (Kanye West X Nomero feat. Hozier & Ed Sheeran)” (Youtube.com)
• “Awake My Soul” (Mumford & Sons, 2009)
• “The Chain” (Fleetwood Mac, 1977)
• “Run” (Tourist, 2016)
• “Tracy Chapman – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution (Bobby Brush x Deep Chills Remix)” (Youtube.com)
• Kiese Laymon
• “Ep. 292 Writing Toward Beauty with Jesmyn Ward” (The Stacks)
• A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)
• James by Percival Everett

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