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  • Ep. 36 If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim — The Stacks Book Club (Aja Gabel)
    Author Aja Gabel is back for The Stacks Book Club conversation this week. We're discussing If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim. The book follows one woman, Haemi Lee, her life and relationships during and in the years following the Korean War. Our conversation covers what it means to survive, feminism, war stories, and more. There are spoilers this week, but if you want to get to know If You Leave Me better without spoilers, listen to our first episode of The Short Stacks feature Crystal Hana Kim.

    You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.



    If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim
    The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
    Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
    Korean Hanbok Dress
    Ken Burns
    Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
    Hamilton (Nederlander Group)
    Old Boy (Show East)
    The Haidmaiden (CJ Entertainment)
    Park Chan-wook
    A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
    "Why I Wear My Hanbok" (Crystal Hana Kim, Elle)

     

    Connect with Aja: Aja's Website|Aja's Instagram|Aja's Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

    To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
    Sponsors
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    My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.com/thestacks



    The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website, and this comes at no cost to you. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.
    57 min
  • Ep. 36 If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim — The Stacks Book Club (Aja Gabel)

    Author Aja Gabel is back for The Stacks Book Club conversation this week. We're discussing If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim. The book follows one woman, Haemi Lee, her life and relationships during and in the years following the Korean War. Our conversation covers what it means to survive, feminism, war stories, and more. There are spoilers this week, but if you want to get to know If You Leave Me better without spoilers, listen to our first episode of The Short Stacks feature Crystal Hana Kim.

    You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/12/05/ep-36-the-stacks-book-club-if-you-leave-me-by-crystal-hana-kim

    Connect with Aja: Website | Instagram | Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe

    To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here.

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    55 min
  • The Short Stacks 1: Crystal Hana Kim//If You Leave Me
    Its time for our first ever Short Stack! These mini episodes will come out every other Monday, and feature a conversation with an author about their book and writing process. We are thrilled to have author Crystal Hana Kim for this inaugural episode. Crystal is the author of this week's The Stacks Book Club pick, If You Leave Me. Crystal shares with us where the idea for this book came from, what it is like to hear from readers, and rituals she has around her writing. Don't worry, there are no spoilers on any of the Short Stacks, listen and enjoy!

    You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.

    If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim
    Louise Erdrich
    Toni Morrison
    The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
    Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
    Sula by Toni Morrison
    Paradise by Toni Morrison
    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America – LEDA
    Werther's Originals
    Flower Candy
    Hi-Chew
    Stray (Aimless) Bullet (Cinema Epoch)
    What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan
    My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
    My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
    "Word to the Wise live video interview with Crystal Hana Kim" (Refinery29)

    Connect with Crystal: Crystal's Website|Crystal's Instagram|Crystal's Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

    To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
    Sponsors
    Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks.

    My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.com/thestacks



    The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website, and this comes at no cost to you. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.
    39 min
  • The Short Stacks 1: Crystal Hana Kim//If You Leave Me

    Its time for our first ever Short Stack! These mini episodes will come out every other Monday, and feature a conversation with an author about their book and writing process. We are thrilled to have author Crystal Hana Kim for this inaugural episode. Crystal is the author of this week's The Stacks Book Club pick, If You Leave Me. Crystal shares with us where the idea for this book came from, what it is like to hear from readers, and rituals she has around her writing. Don't worry, there are no spoilers on any of the Short Stacks, listen and enjoy!

    You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/12/03/short-stack-1-crystal-hana-kim

    Connect with Crystal: Website | Instagram | Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe

    To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    38 min
  • Ep. 35 Prodigies, Time Machines, and Beautiful Writing with Aja Gabel
    This week on The Stacks our guest is author Aja Gabel. Aja's debut novel, The Ensemble, came out in 2018, and she talks with us about writing her book, cover design, which writers inspire her, and why she got a PhD in creative writing. We also talk music prodigies and time machines, which is to say, we talk about a little of everything.

    You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.
    BOOKS

    The Ensemble by Aja Gabel
    Alexander Chee
    Antonya Nelson
    On Beauty by Zadie Smith
    Open Secrets by Alice Munro
    The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
    Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
    Toni Morrison
    Chalk by Joshua Rivkin
    Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
    Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
    Lot by Brian Washington
    Alice McDermott
    Zadie Smith
    Swing Time by Zadie Smith
    The People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry
    Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku
    The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
    The Emissary by Yoko Tawada and Margaret Mitsutani
    Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
    George Saunders
    Ted Chiang
    The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
    The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
    This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philips
    Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
    Ulysses by James Joyce
    The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz
    The Babysitter's Club
    Nancy Drew
    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
    Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
    Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
    Saturday by Ian McEwan
    Atonement by Ian McEwan
    The Lover by Marguerite Duras
    John Cheever
    Raymond Carver
    The Hours by Michael Cunningham
    My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
    Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
    The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
    Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
    The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama

    EVERYTHING ELSE

    Aja Gabel's Website
    Sarah Fong on The Stacks (Ep. 3)
    Curtis Institute of Music
    Grey's Anatomy
    "Latin Ballroom-Kids- Antonio & Maria Rosario" (YouTube)

    "Yasha and Daniela at Atlanta Open 2011" (YouTube)

    Helen Yentus (Cargo Collective)
    Fiddlehead Ferns
    Tom Holland
    Tobey Maguire
    Brit Marling
    Rooney Mara
    Peggy Olson
    Mad Men
    Jonathan Franzen's 10 Rules for Novelists (Literary Hub)
    Cy Twombly
    "Waugh" (Bryan Washington, The New Yorker)
    Riverhead Publisher
    Ten Non-Fiction Books for Fiction Lovers (Traci Thomas, The Stacks)
    National Book Award: Translated Literature
    Amazon Kindle
    Busy Philipps
    Dixie Chicks
    Arrival (Paramount Pictures)
    Amy Adams
    Scarlett Johansson
    Jennifer Lawrence
    Passengers (Columbia Pictures)
    "A Glimpse into the Ideological Monoculture of Literary New York" (Matthew Binder, Quillette)
    Atonement (Universal Pictures)
    The Bachelor (ABC)
    The Hours (Paramount Pictures)
    My Brilliant Friend (HBO)

    Connect with Aja: Aja's Website|Aja's Instagram|Aja's Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

    To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep. 35 Prodigies, Time Machines, and Beautiful Writing with Aja Gabel

    This week on The Stacks our guest is author Aja Gabel. Aja's debut novel, The Ensemble, came out in 2018, and she talks with us about writing her book, cover design, which writers inspire her, and why she got a PhD in creative writing. We also talk music prodigies and time machines, which is to say, we talk about a little of everything.

    You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/11/28/ep-35-reading-with-aja-gabel

    Connect with Aja: Website | Instagram | Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe

    To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep. 34 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Renée Hicks)
    The Bluest Eye is the first novel of Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, it is also The Stacks Book Club pick this week. We dissect this American classic and discuss its many themes including race, beauty, love and abuse with Renée Hicks, founder of Book Girl Magic. Our conversation covers the entire book, which means there are a lot of spoilers. Go read the book and then come back and listen.

    You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.

    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    Book Girl Magic
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    Pride by Ibi Zoboi
    Beloved by Toni Morrison
    "Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis" (Linda Villarosa, New York Times)

    "Black Women Face More Trauma During Childbirth" (Catherine Pearson, The Huffington Post)

    Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington

    "The Surgeon Who Experimented on Slaves" (Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic)


    "Serena Williams: What my life-threatening experience taught me about giving birth" (Serena Williams, CNN.com)

    Top Ten Most Challenged Books List (American Library Association)
    Native Son by Richard Wright
    Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
    Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
    The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
    The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
    Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
    "Ep. 20 The Stacks Book Club – Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates" (The Stacks)

    "Lana Del Rey Stepped into Kanye West's Instagram Comments to Call Him a Narcissist" (Mehera Bonner, Cosmopolitan)

    Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
    Marsai Martin
    Regina King
    Octavia Spencer
    Terrence Howard
    Brian Tyree Henry
    Danny Glover
    The Color Purple (Film)

    Connect with Renee and Book Girl Magic: Book Girl Magic Website|Book Girl Magic Instagram|Book Girl Magic Facebook|Book Girl Magic Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

    To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
    Sponsors
    Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks.

    My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.com/thestacks



    The Stacks participates in affiliate programs. We receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on this website. Shopping through these links helps support the show, but does not effect my opinions on books and products. For more information click here.
    54 min
  • Ep. 34 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Renée Hicks)

    The Bluest Eye is the first novel of Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison, it is also The Stacks Book Club pick this week. We dissect this American classic and discuss its many themes including race, beauty, love and abuse with Renée Hicks, founder of Book Girl Magic. Our conversation covers the entire book, which means there are a lot of spoilers. Go read the book and then come back and listen.

    You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/11/21/ep-34-the-stacks-book-club-the-bluest-eye-by-toni-morrison

    Connect with Renee and Book Girl Magic: Book Girl Magic Website | Book Girl Magic Instagram | Book Girl Magic Facebook | Book Girl Magic Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe

    To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    51 min
  • Ep. 33 Book Girl Magic with Renee Hicks
    This week on the podcast, our guest is Renée Hicks, founder of Book Girl Magic, an online book club that centers books by and about Black women. Renée shares with us her journey into reading, how her reading has inspired the reading life of her children, and her love of romance novels, one in particular.

    You can find everything we talk about this week in the show notes below. By shopping through the links you help support The Stacks, at no cost to you. Shop on Amazon and iTunes.
    BOOKS

    The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
    The Mothers by Brit Bennett
    You Can't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
    We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
    Becoming by Michelle Obama
    The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
    The Perfect Find by Tia Williams
    Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas
    The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
    Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
    The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
    You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero
    Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
    The Giver by Lois Lowry
    Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
    I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
    Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson
    Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
    Toni Morrison
    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    Tayari Jones
    Octavia E. Butler
    Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
    Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler
    Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
    Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
    Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
    An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
    The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
    Passing by Nella Larsen
    Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
    A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
    The Mother of Black Hollywood by Jennifer Lewis
    Roots by Alex Haley
    Native Son by Richard Wright
    The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
    Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
    The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
    Black Boy by Richard Wright
    Jason Reynolds
    The Coldest Winter Ever by Sista Souljah
    Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
    The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
    We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
    Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth

    EVERYTHING ELSE

    Book Girl Magic
    Noelle Gray Creative
    Nappily Ever After (Netflix)
    Sanaa Lathan
    Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
    Ep. 4 The Stacks Book Club -- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
    Anna's Instagram (Renée's book friend for more great recommendations)
    Family Matters (CBS)
    Kindle Paperwhite (Waterproof)
    Black-ish (ABC)
    Marsai Martin
    23 and Me
    BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)

    Connect with Renee and Book Girl Magic: Book Girl Magic Website|Book Girl Magic Instagram|Book Girl Magic Facebook|Book Girl Magic Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram|The Stacks Website|Facebook|Twitter|Subscribe|Patreon|Goodreads|Traci's Instagram

    To contribute to The Stacks, join The Stacks Pack, and get exclusive perks, check out our Patreon page. We are beyond grateful for anything you’re able to give to support the production of this show. If you prefer to do a one time contribution go to paypal.me/thestackspod.
    Sponsors
    Audible- to get your FREE audiobook download and FREE 30 day trial go to audibletrial.com/thestacks.

    My Mentor Book Club - for 50% off your first month of new nonfiction from My Mentor Book Club go to mymentorbookclub.
    53 min
  • Ep. 33 Book Girl Magic with Renee Hicks

    This week on the podcast, our guest is Renée Hicks, founder of Book Girl Magic, an online book club that centers books by and about Black women. Renée shares with us her journey into reading, how her reading has inspired the reading life of her children, and her love of romance novels, one in particular.

    You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2018/11/14/ep-33-book-girl-magic-with-renee-hicks

    Connect with Renee and Book Girl Magic: Book Girl Magic Website | Book Girl Magic Instagram | Book Girl Magic Facebook | Book Girl Magic Twitter

    Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe

    To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here.

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    51 min

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The Stacks is your one stop shop to talk books and reading. Guests will join the host, Traci Thomas for lively discussions about books and the ways they have shaped their lives, and they way we all…

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