Ep 189 - Shadowshaper, by Daniel José Older
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4.6 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Daniel José Older's novel Shadowshaper is the story of Sierra Santiago, a young woman with the power to infuse art with spirits and save her community from destruction. Set in Older's modern, magical Brooklyn, Shadowshaper shows us the supernatural power of heritage while also tackling subjects like gentrification, cultural tourism, and young love. Of course, we find time to riff on nighttime salsa, bone mots, and Harold and the Purple Crayon. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | This is a headgun podcast. |
| 0:06.0 | While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told |
| 0:10.3 | tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary. |
| 0:16.5 | Plus these are books you should have read by now. |
| 0:30.0 | Okay, so this is the first episode of this being recorded from the new Andrew Cunningham |
| 0:46.0 | Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in my new house. |
| 0:52.1 | And Craig, you came up with what you've been over to my new house two times. |
| 0:55.8 | That's true. |
| 0:56.8 | One time there wasn't much in it, you were painting some stuff. |
| 1:01.8 | Your cat was not there yet. |
| 1:04.3 | No. |
| 1:05.3 | And I stood on your roof and said, what do you? |
| 1:08.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:10.5 | And then, uh, after it so, so that was the first time and that was pretty good. |
| 1:14.6 | That was like pretty ideal, like whatever. |
| 1:16.2 | And the second time you came over is because we wanted to put our couch in the basement. |
| 1:22.1 | Yes. |
| 1:23.1 | And we needed some help like moving the couch is a big old heavy couch. |
| 1:27.4 | And the problem was that it wouldn't quite go down the stairs, but I was pretty sure |
| 1:31.9 | that it would. |
| 1:33.8 | If you like twisted it just the right way. |
| 1:37.0 | Yeah. |
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