The Short Stacks 25: Maurice Carlos Ruffin//We Cast a Shadow
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Maurice Carlos Ruffin is the author of We Cast a Shadow, and joins The Short Stacks to tell us about his process in writing this satirical, speculative fiction novel. We get to talk about what music fueled this novel, how his hometown of New Orleans figures into his work, and how he finds balance between being a writer and lawyer.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Short Stacks, our shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today we're chatting with Maurice Carlos Ruffin, who is the author |
| 0:18.3 | of the Stax Book Club pick, we cast a shadow. |
| 0:21.7 | We're going to do a spoiler-free look |
| 0:23.8 | at this satirical speculative fiction novel |
| 0:27.0 | and how it came into the world. |
| 0:29.0 | Everything we talk about on today's episode |
| 0:30.5 | can be found in the show notes. |
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| 1:03.0 | Okay, now it's time for my spoiler-free conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin. |
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