Ep. 253 I Tend to Write About It with Lamya H.
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Today we're joined by Lamya H., who has just released their debut book Hijab Butch Blues - a memoir about coming of age as a queer Muslim immigrant, that uses figures from the Quran as reference points. We discuss what is gained and what is lost from writing under a pseudonym, the complexities of choosing to be religious, and how Lamya approached the decision to include known religious figures in their storytelling.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. We will discuss the book on February 22nd with Mina Kimes.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway. |
| 0:03.8 | We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games, |
| 0:08.8 | cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks |
| 0:14.8 | live in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th |
| 0:21.6 | in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA |
| 0:26.9 | Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be |
| 0:33.6 | announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and |
| 0:40.6 | get your tickets before we sell out. |
| 0:52.5 | Welcome to the stats, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, |
| 0:56.1 | Tracy Thomas and today I'm speaking with Lamia H. Lamia is the author of a brand new book called |
| 1:01.2 | Hijab Butch Blues. The book is a bold and beautiful memoir about Lamia's coming of age into |
| 1:06.1 | their own as a queer, brown, Muslim immigrant. I loved this book so much and I knew when I finished |
| 1:12.7 | I just had to have Lamia on the podcast and so now here they are. Lamia's work has been published |
| 1:17.4 | in places like Solon and the Los Angeles review of books and today on the show Lamia tells me |
| 1:22.0 | why they chose to write under a pseudonym how using profits and figures from the cron enhance their |
| 1:26.6 | ability to tell this story and how they see the relationship between religion and justice. |
| 1:31.6 | Remember, our February book club selection is The Roundhouse by Luis Urdrick. We will be joined by |
| 1:36.6 | Mina Kimes to discuss this book on February 22nd. Everything we talk about on each episode of |
| 1:41.9 | the podcast can be found in the link in the show notes. If you love this show and you want more of it, |
| 1:46.7 | please go to patreon.com slash the stacks and join the stacks pack. I could not make this show with |
| 1:51.8 | out the support of the stacks pack and for just five dollars a month you get bonus episodes. Our |
| 1:56.3 | virtual book club access to our discord, which is very much the place to be if you love books. Plus |
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