Ep. 171 Trusting in Optimism with Mira Jacob
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Mira Jacob is a cultural critics and the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir, Good Talk. Today we talk with Mira about the ways optimism is a form of bravery, the alignment of form, function, and story, and the system that leads to authors writing blurbs for books.
The Stacks Book Club selection for July is The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui. We will discuss the book with Mira Jacob on Wednesday July 28th.
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and we are joined today by author, illustrator and cultural critic |
| 0:43.3 | Mira Jacob. Mira is the author of the Sleepwalkers Guide to Dancing and a graphic memoir called |
| 0:48.8 | Good Talk, that was the finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. |
| 0:53.0 | Today we talk about Mira's process, when form, function, and storytelling all align and |
| 0:58.4 | how blurbs get made. The Stacks Book Club pick for July is the best we could do by T.Booey. |
| 1:03.6 | We'll be discussing the book on the show on Wednesday, July 28th with Mira Jacob. |
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| 1:39.1 | Amber Burns, Hannah Spencer, and Carly Suta. Thank you all so much. Okay, now it's time to talk |
| 1:46.2 | with Mira Jacob. |
| 1:50.3 | All right, everybody. I'm so excited. I'm here today with Mira Jacob. You probably know her |
| 1:57.3 | from her book Good Talk, a memoir and conversation. If you are a long-time listener of the podcast, |
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