Ep. 206 Who Are You Loving When You Write with Destiny O. Birdsong
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is author and poet Destiny O. Birdsong. Destiny's debut novel, Nobody's Magic, is about three Black women with Albinism in Shreveport, LA. We talk about the ways Destiny approached representation and nuance when writing about Albinism, her personal training ground for crafting dialogue, and the pressures people can feel around grief.
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The Stacks Book Club selection for February is A Mercy by Toni Morrison, we will discuss the book on March 30th with Imani Perry.
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| 1:14.9 | Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them |
| 1:17.9 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today's guest is author and poet destiny. Oh bird song whose most recent book |
| 1:24.2 | Nobody's magic is a triptych novel that centers around the lives of three black women with albinism in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 1:31.0 | We talked today about the pressures of representation the many manifestations of grief and destiny's own ever evolving relationship with her |
| 1:38.9 | Albinism the stacks book club pick for March is a mercy by Tony Morrison and we will be discussing the book on the podcast on March 30th with |
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