Ep. 254 Heartbreak is Pivotal to Romance with Camonghne Felix
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Communications strategist and poet Camonghne Felix joins The Stacks to discuss her brand new memoir Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation. We talk about heartbreak as a kind of trauma, trying to understand the world, and the meaning of dyscalculia. We also get into Camonghne's experiences as a political speechwriter, and what that entails.
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 live |
| 0:15.3 | 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. Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who |
| 0:54.9 | read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I'm talking with author, poet, and speech writer |
| 1:00.3 | Camone Felix. Her new book is called Discalculia, a love story of epic miscalculation. |
| 1:06.4 | It is a personal and raw account of a traumatic relationship breakup which spurred a period of |
| 1:11.2 | deep healing and reflection in Camone's life. Camone uses her childhood struggles with math as a |
| 1:16.6 | key to understanding herself, her romantic life, and the world a little bit better. Camone's first |
| 1:22.4 | poetry collection, Build Yourself a Boat, was released in 2019 and made the National Book Award |
| 1:27.3 | long list. Don't forget to tune into the stacks next week on February 22nd for our book club |
| 1:32.7 | discussion of the Roundhouse by Louise Erdrich. Mina Kimes will be our returning guest for that |
| 1:37.6 | conversation. Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each episode of the show can be found |
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