Ep. 10 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier — The Stacks Book Club (Vella Lovell)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Arts, Society & Culture, Books, Literature

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week, actress Vella Lovell (Crazy Ex- Girlfriend, The Big Sick) is back on The Stacks. This week we're talking about New Boy by Tracy Chevalier. New Boy is part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which modern day authors retell Shakespeare's classic works. New Boy is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, set in a 1970's elementary school in Washington D.C. We talk about this book in comparison to its source material, where Chevalier's book wins and where it misses, and what makes a good adaptation of Shakespeare?

While we do discuss New Boy in detail, we don't really spoil the book if you're familiar with Othello. If you don't know Othello then there may be spoilers for you. Listen at your own risk.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/06/06/ep-10-the-stacks-book-club-new-boy-by-tracy-chevalier-and-william-shakespeares-othello

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, welcome back to the stacks. I am your host here, Tracy Thomas. This week's episode I am joined by
0:14.2	Vela Lavelle actress from Crazy Ex Girlfriend and The Big Sick and we're discussing
0:18.9	our Stacks book club pick New Boy by Tracy Chevalier. This book is a retelling of William Shakespeare's Othello.
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