Ep. 183 Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson -- The Stacks Book Club (Derecka Purnell)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Stacks we discuss the book that inspired this podcast, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson. We're joined by Derecka Purnell (activist and author of the forthcoming Becoming Abolitionists) to delve into this Pulitzer Prize winning book; the coverup, the legacy, and the ways we rely on a superficial notion of justice.
There are minor spoilers on this episode.
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Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out our book club pick for October!
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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 LA 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 stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.9 | Your host Tracy Thomas and today is the stacks book club day |
| 1:21.4 | It's a discussion of blood in the water the Attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy by Heather and Thompson |
| 1:28.4 | I am beyond thrilled to finally be discussing this full surprise winning book on this podcast after three and a half years |
| 1:37.1 | Up sort of kind of talking about doing this our guest is the brilliant activist lawyer and author derricka |
| 1:44.1 | Pernell her debut book is coming out on October 5th and the title is becoming abolitionists |
| 1:50.1 | You must read this book. It is so good today. We talk about the events of Attica what stood out for us in the book |
| 1:56.3 | How we imagine these events playing out in 2021 and a lot more there are some minor spoilers on today's episode |
| 2:04.4 | Be sure to listen to the end of the episode to find out what our book club pick will be for October |
| 2:09.1 | If you're looking for more from the stacks consider joining the stacks pack |
| 2:12.3 | You contribute monthly and gain access to our new bonus episodes our virtual book club a community of other book lovers |
| 2:18.2 | Discounts on merch and a lot more our first bonus episode just dropped and it is an interview by KSA layman of me |
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