Tinderbox

May 19, 2019September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ 1 Comment

We’re joined today by Robert W. Fieseler author of June The Stacks Book Club Pick, Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation. In our conversation we get to know Fieseler, how this tragic event came into his life, where he found his sources, and the toll writing about trauma can have on an author. Our conversation is spoiler free, and serves as a great introduction for our TSBC conversation on Tinderbox, that will air on June 5th.

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Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler
The Stacks Book Club
The Edgar Awards (Fact Crime Winner)
The Lambda Literary Award (Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers)

Nicholas Lemann
The Vieux Carre Courier
The Village Voice
The Upstairs Lounge Arson by Clayton Delery-Edwards
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Hanish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Complete Orsinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Gay Revolution by Lillian Faderman
The Boys of Fairy Town by Jim Elledge
Gay New York by George Chauncey

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The Short Stacks 6: Nicole Chung//All You Can Ever Know

February 11, 2019September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ 2 Comments

Today on The Short Stacks author Nicole Chung joins us to discuss her memoir, and The Stacks Book Club pick, All You Can Ever Know. The book addresses her transracial adoption, her decision to find her birth family, and becoming a mother. Nicole shares with The Stacks the chaotic setting in which she wrote the book, why she felt compelled to tell her story, and much more. There are no spoilers this week, so listen and enjoy, and then come back on Wednesday to hear our TSBC conversation around All You Can Ever Know.

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All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
The Stacks Instagram
The Free Black Woman’s Library | Wishlist
Prisoners Literature Project | Wishlist
The Stacks Book Drive & Giveaway Details
Parkland by Dave Cullen

Columbine by Dave Cullen
Catapult Magazine
The Babysitter’s Club by Ann M. Martin
The Mistress’s Daughter by A. M. Holmes
“The Mistress’s Daughter” (A. M. Holmes, The New Yorker)
Why Be Happy When you Can Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Surviving the White Gaze by Rebecca Carroll (2020 Release)
Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood
The Language of Blood by Jane Jeong Trenka
The Toast
Nicole Caputo
Donna Cheng
Trevor Noah
“The Daily Show — Nicole Chung, October 11, 2018” (Comedy Central)
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Celeste Ng
Alexander Chee
Amy Tan
Kristi Yamaguchi

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The Short Stacks 2: Jesse Byrd//Real Jungle Tales

December 17, 2018September 6, 2022 ~ TheStacksPodcast ~ 1 Comment

We’re talking all things children’s books this week on our mini episode with award winning author Jesse Byrd. In addition to writing children’s books, Jesse runs his own publishing house (Jesse B Creative), and does children’s book project management. Jesse’s most recent picture book is Real Jungle Tales and follows a little Native American girl, Zee, who comes up with an ingenious way to avoid punishment, and get candy from her friends on Halloween. We talk with Jesse about his writing process, working with an illustrator, and why it is important to tell stories that center children of color.

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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.

King Penguin by Jesse Byrd
Sunny Days by Jesse Byrd
Real Jungle Tales by Jesse Byrd
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Mary B. Morrison (aka Honey B)
Andressa Meissner
Jesse B Creative
Living with a Seal by Jesse Itzler
Dark Money by Jane Mayer
Ray Bradbury
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Goosebumps by R. L. Stein
Are You Afraid of the Dark (Nickelodeon)
So Weird (Disney)
Jumanji (TriStar Pictures)
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Dr. Seuss
Stan Lee
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
Corduroy by Don Freeman

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