Ep. 126 Sula by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Brit Bennett)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Brit Bennett (The Vanishing Half, The Mothers) is back for our annual discussion of a Toni Morrison novel. This year, we're taking on Sula, Morrison's novel about the bonds between women. Our conversation dives into feminist commentary throughout the book, the desire to create lasting communal art, and the ways Morrison uses gruesome violence and unexpected humor to show us a world that is deeply human and uniquely Black.
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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 | It is our last episode of the month, which means it's the Stax Book Club Day. |
| 0:14.3 | Today, Britt Bennett, New York Times Number One instant best-selling author of the |
| 0:18.6 | vanishing half, is back with us for our discussion of Sula by Tony Morrison. We have so many |
| 0:25.1 | spoilers on this week's episode so please make sure you've read the book |
| 0:28.3 | before you continue listening. As a reminder everything we've discussed today on the show can be found in the link in the show notes. |
| 0:35.0 | I want to take a moment right here to thank some of the newest members of the Stax Pack over on Patreon. |
| 0:41.0 | Those are folks who contribute a little something to the Stacks each month to keep the show up and running. |
| 0:45.6 | They earn perks like our virtual book club and shoutouts on the show. |
| 0:49.6 | They also have my unending gratitude because without them there would be no the stacks. |
| 0:55.7 | If you want to join the stacks pack head over to patreon.com slash the stacks. |
| 1:00.3 | This week I am saying an extra big thank you to Susan Cohen, |
| 1:04.6 | Nicole Conlan, Lindsay Peterson, Camico Main Prize, |
| 1:08.8 | Shelby Williamson, Michael Payton, |
| 1:11.4 | Caitlin Fitzpatrick, Aaron Durst, Samantha Dealey, Tom Moriarty, |
| 1:16.7 | Cali Cummings, and Lauren Jones. Thank you all so, so, so much. |
| 1:21.9 | Be sure to listen all the way to the end of today's episode to hear what our book club selection |
| 1:26.2 | is for September. |
| 1:28.8 | All right, let's dive into our spoiler filled book club conversation of Sula by Tony Morrison with our guest, |
| 1:35.0 | Britt Bennett. |
| 1:40.0 | All right, you guys, I am back again today with the wonderful Britt Bennett. |
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