Unabridged: Queer Icons & Banned Books with George M. Johnson

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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In this episode of The Stacks Unabridged, we’re joined by George M. Johnson, author of Flamboyants, to explore the often-overlooked Black queer icons of the Harlem Renaissance. George discusses why they chose to write about these influential figures and how they used rumors and gossip as historical sources to bring these stories to life. We also dive into the current wave of book banning, exploring what’s truly driving it and the common misconceptions surrounding this troubling trend. It’s a powerful conversation about history, censorship, and resilience.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of the Stacks Unabridged.
0:03.1	This is Tracy Thomas, your host, and today I am talking with George M Johnson.
0:08.9	They are an author of the critically acclaimed and frequently banned
0:14.0	all boys aren't blue and their new book is called
0:16.6	Flamboyance the Queer Harlem Renaissance I wish I'd known.
0:20.6	George and I today talk about this book and queer history and we also talk about banned books because banned book week starts on Monday.
0:29.0	George's book comes out on Tuesday, September 24th.
0:33.0	So if you don't have the book yet, if you haven't pre-ordered it,
0:35.4	go ahead and pre-order it and do him a solid
0:37.4	for coming on the show before the book is out.
0:40.4	That being said, if this episode cuts out for you
0:42.4	after 10 to 15 minutes, that means that you're not a member of the Stacks pack on Patreon or a paid subscriber to unstacked my sub-stack.
0:51.8	You need to do that because this is bonus content for those people only and if you do it you
0:57.0	get access to our monthly bonus episodes you get to be part of our discord community
1:00.7	you can come to the virtual book clubs you get exclusive
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1:09.6	stacks to join the stacks pack community or go go to Tracy Thomas dot sub-stack
1:13.7	dot com to get unstacked in your inbox every single week. I honestly could not
1:19.8	make this show without the support of the Patreon community and the sub-stack community so please please please if you like the show
1:25.0	head over to patreon community so please please please if you like this show head over to patreon.com slash the stacks and
1:28.6	or go to tracey Thomas dot substack.com.
1:32.6	OK, that's enough for me.
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