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Ep. 437 I Do a Ton of People Watching with De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by award-winning author De’Shawn Charles Winslow to talk about his latest book, The Fervent Whites. Set in 1982 in the Hudson Valley community of Fervent, this book explores the long-simmering tensions that erupt when their former neighbors, James and Ella White, return with a vengeance after being exonerated of a homicide that once rocked the small town. We chat about how De’Shawn writes his endings, the lack of Black authors in the thriller genre, and how he became a nostalgic person. Our book club pick for August is Fish Tales...
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I went back and forth with the fervent whites as to whether I wanted to confuse or make my reader work for the answer or if I wanted it to be just slightly, oh, of course that's who did it. You know, as a hello folks, the world has not changed very much. And I feel like I landed on, I don't want there to be any big surprise. I'm okay if readers figure out three quarters of a
way in that they know who the culprit is. Yeah. Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy Thomas.
And today we are joined by award winning author Deshaun Charles Winslow to talk about his newest book, The Fervent Whites. This book is set in 1982 and explores the long simmering tensions that arise in the fictional Hudson Valley community of fervent when former neighbors,
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