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The Short Stacks 28: Jacqueline Woodson//Red at the Bone

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

We are thrilled to have best selling novelist and poet Jacqueline Woodson on The Short Stacks to discuss Red at the Bone, her newest book, and our book club pick for this week (tune in on Wednesday)! We talk with Jacqueline about how she turned a childhood habit of lying into a career, crafting authentic characters, and giving a TED Talk.

There are no spoilers in this episode.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Short Stacks, are shorter conversations with authors about their process and their books.

0:13.7

I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today I am joined by the wonderful, prolific and extremely

0:19.5

talented Jacqueline Woodson, who is the author of, among many other things,

0:24.8

read at the bone, which is our pick for this week's The Stacks Book Club.

0:29.6

Jacqueline joins us to talk about her process,

0:31.8

and of course, this masterful book. There are no

0:34.5

spoilers today so enjoy. Remember everything we talk about on today's episode

0:38.8

can be found in the show notes. You can use the link there to shop for the

0:42.3

books we've discussed and read the

0:43.7

articles we've mentioned. Plus, you'll find our social media accounts and the

0:47.4

social media accounts of our guests all in the show notes so you can stay

0:51.2

connected to the stacks.

0:52.8

If you love this show and want more of it, check out our Patreon page.

0:56.8

You can support the work we're doing here and earn perks for yourself,

1:00.0

like our virtual book club and more.

1:01.9

Go to Patreon.

1:02.9

dot com slash the Stacks to join.

1:05.6

If you like what you hear, please take a moment

1:07.4

to rate and review this show wherever you get your podcasts,

1:10.2

especially if you're listening through Apple Podcasts.

1:13.0

All right, now it's time for my spoiler-free conversation with Jacqueline Woodson.

1:17.0

All right, everybody, I am here today with Jacqueline Woodson. If you don't know who

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