How Bookstores Build Community with Terresa from Black Garnet Books

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 244 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Terresa from the indie bookstore Black Garnet Books. In this episode, we step inside an indie bookstore, exploring the role independent bookstores play in shaping local reading communities, what it means to be a bookstore owner and book-seller, and more! If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Books...

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0:00.0	It's really good.
0:01.6	It is really good.
0:03.3	I'm very sore, John.
0:06.5	From the workout.
0:07.6	Bench yesterday.
0:08.7	I feel so cool.
0:09.6	Okay.
0:10.8	Time in.
0:13.2	Time in.
0:25.7	Welcome to Book Talk, Etcetera.
0:27.9	A podcast bound to grow your TBR.
0:30.0	I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.
0:32.0	And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.
0:38.7	This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.
0:44.2	And this week, it is our bookstore browse episode. And we are chatting with Dr. Teresa Hardaway from Black Garnett Books. If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you to follow us on Apple
0:48.6	podcasts or your favorite podcast app. And if you have a quick minute, please consider leaving
0:52.6	us a review on Apple Podcasts or sharing
0:54.7	us on social media. It truly helps us connect with other book lovers. Hi, Hannah. Hey, Tina. How are you doing
1:03.1	today? I am fabulous. How are you? I am good. Good question. I know. I'm fabulous. I'm fabulous because I'm talking you. I'm like, I always say the same thing every time. And I'm like, how am I actually feeling today? No, but really, how are you? But really, no, I'm happy because do you know why I'm happy? What's going on in the world of sports today? Well, I keep getting asked to fill out my bracket. So is a bracket day Yes. It is. It is the bracket day deadline. So March Madness has begun as we are recording this. And we are going to spend some time this weekend watching games, looking at our bracket, hoping it doesn't get busted. And I'm excited for that. That is one of the events that Jonathan and I first connected on back in the day when we were dating was March Madness. We would go to the bars and watch different teams play and it was very fun. Anyway, so it's looking for the joy where I can find it. Yes, Dustin and I have a group of friends that were all, you know, in a group chat together. And one of our friends reached out and was like,
2:03.0	hey, like, you need to fill out this bracket. And of course, I was just rage waiting. And I was like,
2:08.3	oh, is this for hockey? I love it. Love it. And they're like, that's kind of what I was.
2:14.9	I did know it was for basketball. See? See, that's what I was kind of doing to you, too. But I feel like Michigan kind of is, well, I was thinking, are you guys a basketball state? Sort of. MSU. Yeah. Yeah. This is for, okay, this is where I get to be a ding-dong. It's college, right? College, yeah, college. Yeah. So I think Michigan and, well, I don't know about Michigan because I know that Michigan is.
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