The Short Stacks 6: Nicole Chung//All You Can Ever Know
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Short Stacks author Nicole Chung joins us to discuss her memoir, and The Stacks Book Club pick, All You Can Ever Know. The book addresses her transracial adoption, her decision to find her birth family, and becoming a mother. Nicole shares with The Stacks the chaotic setting in which she wrote the book, why she felt compelled to tell her story, and much more. There are no spoilers this week, so listen and enjoy, and then come back on Wednesday to hear our TSBC conversation around All You Can Ever Know.
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| 0:00.0 | We're back with another episode of The Short Stacks are shorter conversations with authors about their process and |
| 0:14.0 | their books. I am your host Tracy Thomas and today I am joined by author Nicole |
| 0:18.8 | Chung to discuss her memoir all you can ever know which will be featured on the Sacks Book Club this Wednesday, |
| 0:24.8 | February 13th. |
| 0:26.1 | The book is about her life as an adoptee and her search for her birth parents. |
| 0:29.8 | And don't worry, no spoilers today. |
| 0:32.4 | I wanted to tell you guys about a book drive that we're running over |
| 0:35.3 | on our Instagram page at the Stax Podcast. We're donating books to the free Black Women's Library in Los Angeles |
| 0:41.4 | and the Prisoner's Literature Project based out of Berkeley, California. |
| 0:45.0 | I have linked to all the details in the show notes and would love for you to join in. |
| 0:50.0 | If you give books, you have the opportunity to win some pretty cool prizes, including a signed copy of Dave Collins brand new book Parkland, as well as a copy of the new edition of Colin Bind by Dave Colin. |
| 1:03.7 | You'll also win a Stax Tote Bag, the Stax Bookmarks, |
| 1:06.7 | and one book by a black author of your choosing |
| 1:09.7 | to celebrate Black History Month. |
| 1:11.5 | So I'm asking you all to join in and give back and hopefully |
| 1:14.7 | you'll win. As you know, the Stacks is a completely free show and if you want to help making |
| 1:18.5 | this show happen week after week, I would encourage you to check out our Patreon page. |
| 1:23.0 | That's a website where you contribute to the work |
| 1:24.8 | we're doing on the show for as little as a dollar a month. |
| 1:27.6 | Patreon allows us to launch new content like these short stacks. |
| 1:31.2 | And the fun thing about Patreon |
| 1:32.3 | is that you also get perks in |
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