The Short Stacks 23: Tressie McMillan Cottom//Thick
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
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🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Short Stacks we're joined by author, academic, and podcast host (Hear to Slay) Tressie McMillan Cottom. Her latest book Thick: And Other Essays is on The National Book Award Longlist for nonfiction, and is the center of our conversation. Cottom explains the power in centering the experiences of Black women, and we get into the nitty gritty of writing snacks and beverages.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the short stats are shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books. |
| 0:13.7 | I'm Tracy Thomas and our guest today is Professor, author, and podcast host Tressy McMillan |
| 0:19.1 | Cotton. |
| 0:20.1 | Her latest book, Thick and other essays, has just been long listed for the National Book Award |
| 0:24.9 | in Non Fiction for 2019, and Tresse joins us to discuss this phenomenal collection of essays |
| 0:30.6 | and a whole lot more. Everything we talk about on today's episode can be found in the show notes. |
| 0:36.0 | Use that link to shop for the books we've discussed and read the articles we mention. |
| 0:40.0 | Plus you'll find our social media accounts in the show notes and it will help you stay connected to the stacks. |
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| 1:04.3 | Okay, now it's time for my conversation with Tresse McMillan Cotton. |
| 1:07.0 | All right, you guys, I am here today with Tressy McMillan Cotton. Tressy |
| 1:16.9 | thank you so much for joining the snacks. Well thank you very much for |
| 1:20.3 | having. We're so excited your book that came out earlier this year but |
| 1:24.0 | we're going to talk a bunch about it now because it is an amazing book. So just |
| 1:28.8 | diving in kind of can you tell us in about 30 seconds or so what your book's about? |
| 1:33.4 | The book's basic premise is that black women have a political and moral philosophy and |
| 1:39.4 | that we're all better for it when we listen and respected. |
| 1:43.7 | Yeah, amazing. |
| 1:45.2 | So you kind of, it's a collection of essays |
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