Ep. 145 Measuring Success with Deesha Philyaw

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

It's 2021 and we're thrilled to kick off the new year with our guest, Deesha Philyaw, the author of National Book Award Finalist, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Today we discuss how Deesha sees a parallel between writing and math, what success looks like to her, and how publishing excludes the voices they need most.

The Stacks Book Club selection for January is The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans, we will discuss the book with Deesha Philyaw on January 27th.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/01/06/ep-145-deesha-philyaw

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Stacks, the podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and we have made it to 2021 and I am so thrilled to kick off this year with Disha Philia.
0:21.0	Disha's book The Secret Lives of Church Ladies was a finalist for the National Book Award and
0:25.3	on just about every list of 2020, including the Stacks Best Books of 2020.
0:31.6	Disha talks with us today about her journey to becoming an author, how her stories come to her, and she tells us a lot about the books that have impacted her life.
0:40.0	Reminder, the Stacks Book Club for January is the Office of Historical Corrections by
0:44.8	Daniel Evans and we will discuss the book on Wednesday, January 27th, with Disha Philia.
0:50.3	If one of your New Year's resolutions for 2021 was to support artists and
0:54.1	creators that you love here are some ways you can show a little love to the
0:58.0	sacks. One is make sure that you subscribe to this podcast and leave us a
1:01.8	rating and a review. This is so easy and it's a free thing and it has a huge
1:07.1	outsized impact. So please please subscribe, rate, review. Two is you can follow the Stacks on social media.
1:14.0	We are at the Stacks Pod on Instagram and at the Stacks Pod underscore on Twitter.
1:18.8	If you're planning on buying something from one of our sponsors, please use the Stax codes. Those will always be in the show notes of every episode.
1:27.0	Another super easy thing you can do is tell everyone you know about the Stax.
1:30.0	That means your friends, your family, the members of your in-person book club, booksellers at your local indie,
1:36.8	anyone you know who reads please let them know about the stacks.
1:40.5	And then the last thing is you can join the Stax Pack, which is the Stax Community on Patreon.
1:45.3	These folks contribute monthly and earn perks for their generosity. Perks include
1:49.8	things like discounts on merch, our monthly virtual book club where we dive even deeper into the
1:55.2	Stax Book Club picks. Another perk of joining the Stax Pack is getting a shout out on the show.
2:01.0	And this week I'm giving a little love to some of our newest members
2:04.0	Jensen Ashley Garland Lissette Madrano Tessa Palfrey lupé
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