The Short Stacks 12: Damon Young//What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Arts, Literature, Books, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 May 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On today's episdoe of The Short Stacks our guest is Damon Young. Damon is the co-founder of Very Smart Brothas, a senior editor at The Root, and the author of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker . We talk today about the anxieties of releasing a memoir into the world, public apologies, and getting blurbs from people you admire. There are no spoilers today.

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0:00.0	All right we are back with another episode of the stacks it's's Monday today which means it's the short Stax,
0:14.8	are shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books. Today I'm joined
0:19.4	by Damon Young and we're going to talk about his new book, what doesn't kill you, makes you blacker.
0:24.2	I heard from some of you who've been listening
0:25.8	to the Stacked via Android,
0:27.4	and you may have noticed that the show is no longer
0:29.4	available on some of your favorite streaming sites
0:31.2	like Stitcher.
0:32.3	But don't worry, you can still get the show at places
0:35.2	like Spotify, the Podcast One app, Overcast, and more. So just do a little googling, see what you find,
0:42.1	but I promise we're still out there.
0:43.8	You can still hear the stacks.
0:46.8	If you want more of the stacks, head over to patreon.com slash the stacks.
0:51.0	Be a part of our virtual book club, get the inside scoop on the show, and more.
0:55.1	To join the Stax Pack, go to Patreon.com slash the Stax.
0:59.6	We have a segment on the Stax where you can get book recommendations designed just for you from
1:04.3	me and our guests.
1:05.8	It's called Ask the Stacks and it's great fun.
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