The Short Stacks 7: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah//Friday Black
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Short Stacks we're honored to welcome author of this week's The Stacks Book Club pick, Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. We talk about his genre-bending short story collection, how the title and cover came to be, and what its like being part of this current moment of exciting and diverse fiction writing. There are no spoilers today.
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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 |
| 0:14.4 | their books. I'm joined today by author Nana Kwame Agie Brenna, author Friday Black, which is our |
| 0:20.0 | pick for the Stacks Book Club this Wednesday, February 27th. |
| 0:24.0 | As you know, the Stacks is a completely free show, and if you want to help be part of making |
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| 0:42.6 | The fun thing about Patreon is that you get perks in return for your generosity. |
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