Ep. 156 Pursuing a Passion with Brandon Hobson

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Brandon Hobson is a National Book Award Finalist, and the author of a brand new novel called The Removed. The book is about one family and the lasting impacts from the murder of their son at the hands of a police officer. Today we talk about how The Removed challenges stereotypes around Native Americans, creating a career from passions, and the writers who inspire Brandon.

There are no spoilers on this episode.

The Stacks Book Club selection for March is Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh, we will discuss the book with Nic Stone on March 31st.

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0:42.8	Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books
0:44.6	and the people who read them.
0:45.8	I'm your host, Tracey Thomas, and today I am joined
0:48.0	by National Book Award Finalist Brandon Hobbson
0:50.4	to discuss his new book, The Remove.
0:52.8	Today we talk about the pressures of writing a book
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