
Communications strategist and poet Camonghne Felix joins The Stacks to discuss her brand new memoir Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation. We talk about heartbreak as a kind of trauma, trying to understand the world, and the meaning of dyscalculia. We also get into Camonghne’s experiences as a political speechwriter, and what that entails.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. We will discuss the book on February 22nd with Mina Kimes.
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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.

- Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix
- Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
- Safia Elhillo
- Khadija Queen
- Toni Morrison
- Kiese Laymon
- Deesha Philyaw
- “Meditations in an Emergency” by Cameron Awkward-Rich
- Dyscalculia by Camonghne Felix (audiobook)
- Pythagoreanism
- “Hey look at us…” Paul Rudd Meme
- Hot Ones (Youtube)
- Jason Reynolds
- “Ep. 89 Staying True to Yourself with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
- “Ep. 198 We’ll Be Okay with Jason Reynolds” (The Stacks)
- Apartment Deco
- Twin Snakes
- Sour S’ghetti
- Andrew Cuomo
- Elizabeth Warren
- Barack Obama
- Jon Favreau
- Push by Sapphire
- Precious (Lee Daniels, 2009)
- The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander
- “Ep. 72 The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander — The Stacks Book Club (Dani McClain)” (The Stacks)
- Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
- Sylvia Plath
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