Ep. 125 Wandering and Wondering with Morgan Jerkins
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Morgan Jerkins author of This Will Be My Undoing joins the podcast today to discuss her newest books Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots. Morgan shares details of the evolution of the book, the complex relationships between Black and Indigenous people, and how the lack of documentation has helped to obscure Black histories.
Tune in on August 26th when we discuss Sula by Toni Morrison for The Stacks Book Club with Brit Bennett.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas. |
| 0:09.0 | Our guest today is Morgan Jerkins. Morgan is the author of a collection of essays entitled This Will |
| 0:14.6 | Be My Undoing that came out in 2018 and this month she released her second book |
| 0:19.6 | Wandering in Strange Lands about Black Migration and the histories of black people that have largely been kept hidden. |
| 0:25.9 | Morgan is also the senior editor at Zora and a visiting assistant professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts. |
| 0:32.4 | Remember everything we discuss on today's episode can be at Columbia University's School of the Arts. |
| 0:32.6 | Remember, everything we discuss on today's episode can be found in the link in the show notes. |
| 0:37.0 | Before we get to the episode, I want to take a moment to recognize some of the newest members of the Stax Pack. |
| 0:42.0 | These are people who contribute a small amount each month on our Patreon to help keep the show up and running and they earn perks like our virtual book club and more for doing so. |
| 0:51.0 | This week I'd like to say an extra special thank you to Miriano Como, |
| 0:54.9 | Michaela, Lisa Powers, Caitlin Vichora, Laura Goodrich EZOR, Shannon Beck, |
| 1:01.3 | Colleen Kiley, Alex Perlin, Kathy Miller, |
| 1:05.0 | Jess Seagrave's, Stephanie Ash, and Erica Bray. |
| 1:09.0 | I cannot overstate this if it weren't for the Stacks Pack, |
| 1:11.5 | there would be no show. so thank you so much for your |
| 1:13.8 | contributions to this podcast. If you want to join the Stacks Pack head over to |
| 1:18.0 | Patreon.com slash the Stacks. Okay now it's time for my conversation with Morgan Jerkins. |
| 1:24.0 | All right, everybody. |
| 1:29.0 | We're here today with Morgan Jerkins. |
| 1:31.0 | Morgan's brand new book is called Wandering in A Strange Land. |
| 1:34.4 | Morgan, welcome to the Stacks. |
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