The Short Stacks 21: Garrett M. Graff//The Only Plane in the Sky
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
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🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Short Stacks we have author and journalist, Garrett M. Graff, whose newest book is The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 is a detailed look at the events of September 11, 2001 as told by the people who lived it. Garrett tells us about the process of creating a cohesive narrative from hundreds of interviews, and what he learned about a day that has been etched in the collective American memory.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Short Stacks, our shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today we're joined by author and journalist Garrett M. Graf. |
| 0:18.0 | Garrett's brand new book comes out on Tuesday, September 10th, |
| 0:21.0 | and it's called The Only Plain in the Sky, an oral history of 9-11. |
| 0:25.0 | We get to talk about this incredible book on the short stacks today, and there are no spoilers. |
| 0:30.4 | Everything we talk about on today's show can be found in the show notes. Use the link to shop for the books we've discussed and read the articles we've mentioned. |
| 0:36.2 | Plus you'll find our social media accounts in the show notes as well, so you can always be connected to the stacks. |
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| 0:51.3 | stacks if you like what you hear please take a moment to rate and review the show wherever you get your |
| 0:55.3 | podcasts especially on Apple Podcasts. Okay now it's time for our spoiler-free conversation with Garrett M. Graf. |
| 1:07.0 | All right you guys I am joined today by journalist and author Garrett M. Graf. |
| 1:12.4 | Garrett's newest book is out tomorrow, Tuesday, September 10th, |
| 1:16.2 | and it's called The Only Plain in the Sky |
| 1:18.8 | and Oral History of 9-11. |
| 1:21.1 | Garrett, welcome to the Stacks. |
| 1:23.0 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm so excited. |
| 1:26.0 | So we're going to start where we always start, which is in about 30 seconds. |
| 1:29.8 | Can you tell us about your book? |
| 1:31.8 | Sure. So this is the oral history of September 11th. |
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