Ep. 132 Coffee & Books with Marc Lamont Hill
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Marc Lamont Hill. Marc is a modern day renaissance man. He is an author (Nobody, We Still Here), professor, owner of Uncle Bobbie's Coffee and Books, and the host of the new podcast Coffee & Books. Marc joins us today to discuss his passion for reading, Black death as a form of entertainment, and what readers should know about selling books.
The Stacks Book Club selection for October is The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley, we will discuss the book with Marc Lamont Hill on October 28th.
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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 and our |
| 0:14.2 | guest today is Mark Lamont Hill, a man who wears many hats. Mark is the |
| 0:19.4 | author of multiple books including nobody and we still here which is out next month. Mark is also a |
| 0:24.4 | professor at Temple University the owner of Uncle Bobby's coffee and books |
| 0:28.2 | an independent bookstore in Philadelphia and now he's a podcast host. His podcast is called Coffee and Books and let me just say it is perfect for |
| 0:36.3 | fans of the stacks as it's about books, reading, and he interviews a whole bunch of authors. |
| 0:42.2 | Get to know Mark today and then join us on October 28th |
| 0:45.4 | as we discuss the autobiography of Malcolm X |
| 0:48.0 | for the Stax Book Club. |
| 0:49.8 | As a reminder, everything we discuss on today's show |
| 0:52.0 | can be found in the link in the show notes. |
| 0:54.6 | Every week I like to take a moment to thank the Stax Pack. |
| 0:57.6 | Those are the people who show their support for this show by joining us over on Patreon. They help make the show possible and they earn perks |
| 1:04.9 | for their generosity like our virtual book club. If you want to show your love for the Stacks, |
| 1:09.4 | please head over to patreon.com slash the Stacks and this week an extra special |
| 1:14.7 | thank you to some of our newest members sati argabright |
| 1:18.0 | Diana Ng |
| 1:19.2 | Natalia Vargas Emma Fisher ny viv Heather all Jamie Teporovich Chelsea and Rachel Taylor |
| 1:26.8 | Thank you all so much all right let's do it. to be here this is like this is like a nerds fantasy yeah this is totally to book |
| 1:45.7 | lovers book podcasters big readers you definitely have a few more titles than I have but that doesn't matter we're on a |
| 1:55.4 | level playing field I'm gonna just pretend like I have a PhD |
| 1:58.6 | and I'm a professor and all that other stuff yeah that stuff doesn't matter not for today at least it |
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