Ep. 180 Fifty Years After Attica with Heather Ann Thompson

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today we are joined by Pulitzer Prize winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy, Heather Ann Thompson. We discuss her process in researching and writing this epic civil rights story, and the legacy of the uprising 50 years later.

The Stacks Book Club selection for September is Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson. We will discuss the book with Derecka Purnell on Wednesday September 29th.

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0:00.0	All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left
0:08.5	Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show
0:16.2	We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsey. Yes, that Rachel Lindsey the first black bachelor at also
0:22.2	She is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being
0:26.4	We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and
0:33.7	The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer, comedian director and of course the host of
0:42.6	Glamrs trash formerly known as the celebrity book club podcast
0:46.6	We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club
0:52.6	One of my favorite bookstores here in L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams
0:57.7	It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out
1:14.7	Welcome to the stats a podcast about books and the people who read them
1:17.9	I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and it is a big episode around here. We're talking to Heather and Thompson
1:25.3	The Pulitzer Prize winning author of this month's book club pick and one of my favorite books blood in the water the
1:31.9	Addica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy
1:36.0	Heather talks with us today about the legacy of the Addica prison uprising 50 years later and the ways that winning the Pulitzer prize has
1:43.5	affected the book there are no spoilers on today's episode
1:46.5	It is a great primer to get you ready to read along with us this month the sex book club pick is blood in the water
1:53.9	By Heather and Thompson and we'll discuss the book on the show on Wednesday September 29th with Derek up her now
1:59.2	I'm reminding you to check out the stacks on patreon
2:01.7	That's a website where you can contribute monthly to making the show possible and in exchange for your generosity
2:07.7	You earn exclusive perks like our new perk a bonus episode every single month shoutouts on the show
2:13.7	And of course our monthly virtual book club discussion where we talk about the stacks book club pick
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