Ep. 119 All About the Drive with James McBride

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The Stacks is honored to welcome James McBride, author of National Book Award winning novel The Good Lord Bird, and his critically acclaimed memoir The Color of Water. His newest book, Deacon King Kong, is an Oprah's Book Club pick. We talk today about how James names his characters, they way he thinks about his success, and the role of art and history in American culture.

The Stacks Book Club selection for July is Breathe by Imani Perry, we will discuss the book with Kiese Laymon on July 29th.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas.
0:07.2	Today I'm thrilled to welcome author, musician, and screenwriter James McBride.
0:12.0	James is the National Book Award winning author of the Good Lord Bird
0:16.0	and longtime New York Times bestseller, The Color of Water.
0:20.0	James's newest book is Deacon King Kong,
0:22.0	which is the current selection for Oprah's book club.
0:25.4	Hello!
0:26.4	Today we talk about art, history, music, and so much more.
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1:16.0	Thank you all so much for your continued support of the Stax, I could not do it without the Staxpack.
1:20.8	All right, let's get on with the show. Here's my conversation with James McBride.
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