Ep. 84 We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -- The Stacks Book Club (Chris L. Terry)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
The Stacks Book Club is tackling a post-post racial satirical novel this week in our reading of We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. To help us discuss what that even means, and what makes a satire work, and so much more is author Chris L. Terry (Black Card).
There are minor spoilers on this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today is the Stacks Book Club, |
| 0:15.5 | where we are discussing We cast a shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin. |
| 0:19.8 | Our guest is the wonderful Chris L. Terry, |
| 0:22.1 | author of Black Card. |
| 0:23.6 | And yes, there are some minor spoilers on today's episode. |
| 0:26.9 | So please, if you haven't read the book, |
| 0:28.6 | take a moment, read it, and come back and listen. |
| 0:31.1 | Before we dive in, I want to remind you remind you in the show notes there's a link. |
| 0:34.8 | That link will take you to all the books discussed on today's episode as well as the |
| 0:38.4 | social media accounts for the Stacks and our guest. Plus if you shop through the links on Amazon you're helping to keep the |
| 0:44.8 | stacks free. If you're in need of a book recommendation send us an email at asking the |
| 0:49.2 | stacks at gmail.com myself and my guest will read it on air and give you a personalized book |
| 0:55.0 | recommendation. So email asking the snacks at gmail.com with your name, what |
| 0:59.8 | you're looking for, and maybe a few titles you've loved or hated. |
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| 1:25.7 | The last thing you can do is the easiest. |
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