This week our guest is Jay Connor. Jay is a writer, and the creator and co-host of The Extraordinary Negroes podcast. Jay discuss his winding life path through many cities and many careers. We also talk about what books Jay is into and what writers he admires.

We cover a lot of topics this week, and its all in the show notes below. Use the links below when you shop on Amazon and iTunes to help support The Stacks.
BOOKS

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
People's History of Sports in The United States by Dave Zirin
Welcome to the Terrordome by Dave Zirin
The John Carlos Story by Dave Zirin
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Every Little Step by Bobby Brown
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
All The Women in my Family Sing edited by Deborah Santana
Well, That Escalated Quickly by Franchesca Ramsey
I Can't Date Jesus by Michael Arceneaux
Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
The Writer Got Screwed by Brooke A. Wharton
The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
Howdunit Series (Multiple Authors)
Choose Your Own Adventure Books (Multiple Authors)
Ship of Theseus by J.J. Abrams
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Baracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Hunger by Roxane Gay
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Tasha Trilogy
The Invention of the White Race by Theodore W. Allen

EVERYTHING ELSE

The Very Smart Brothas
Strange Angel (CBS)
Black Card Revoked
Ta-Nehisi Coates
"Ta-Nehisi Coates is Leaving the Atlantic" (Jacey Fortin, The New Yorks Time)
Van R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
Kiese Laymon
Hari Ziyad
Donny Cates
Matthew Rosenberg
Shane Black
Alex Hardy
Insecure (HBO)
The Read (LoudSpeakersNetwork.com)
"An Extraordinary Thanksgiving Dinner Draft (Feat. Law Ware)" (iTunes & Android)
"An Extraordinary Mother's Day Tribute: I Love My Momma (Feat. The Queens Who Raised Us)" (iTunes & Android)
This is Us (NBC)
Ear Hustle (Ear Hustle & Radiotopia)
Tea with Queen and J.
Therapy for Black Girls
The Music Snobs
The Tony Kornheiser Show
James Baldwin
Zinn Education Project
Dave Zirin (The Nation)
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
Whitney (Miramax)
Diverse Classics
Robert McKee
Toni Morrison
Roxane Gay Twitter
I Am Not Your Negro (Amazon Studios)
13th (Netflix)
O.J.: Made in America (ESPN Films)

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