Stacks and Stories
This fun and informative podcast focuses on books, reading, and Mississippi’s libraries. MLC staff, public librarians, and other friends cover a wide variety of book and library related topics. Find out what makes Mississippi one of the most literature-rich states in the country.
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Episodes
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Join Tracy and Shellie on this episode of Shelf Absorbed as they discuss what they've been reading and watching lately.
Books mentioned:
The Impossible Life of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Foe by Iain Reed
I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed
Stoner by John Williams
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
How Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew Bergman
Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman
The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
Domestic Work by Natasha Tretheway
The Teacher by Freida McFadden
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Wednesday Apr 03, 2024
Join Katie, Charlie, and Tracy as they discuss the ins and outs of podcast development. Listen as they talk about what you need to make a podcast, how to get started, and all the other behind the scenes magic.
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Friday Mar 22, 2024
Join Alex, Elisabeth, and Charlie as they discuss Novels in Verse. Listen in while they talk about novels in verse as well as their favorite poems and verse novels!
Books and Poems mentioned:
The Crossover – Kwame Alexander
Milk and Honey – Rupi Kaur
The Night Library of Sternendach – Jessica Levai
Dreaming of You – Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Bull – David Elliot
We Are All So Good at Smiling – Amber McBride
Ain’t Burned All the Bright – Jason Reynolds
Chlorine Sky – Mahogany Browne
Sharp Teeth – Toby Barlow
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Wednesday Mar 06, 2024
Join Tracy and Shellie as they talk about their favorite short stories! What makes a good short story? What makes them memorable? Learn all that and more on this episode!
Stories mentioned include:
"Dear Sister" by Deesha Philyaw
"The Field of Blue Children" by Tennessee Williams
"The Man Who Loved Flowers" by Stephen King
"Parker's Back" by Flannery O'Connor
"Portrait of a Girl in Glass" by Tennessee Williams
"Up in Michigan" by Ernest Hemingway
Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Join Katie, Shellie, and Tracy as they discuss bookish podcast other than your favorite, Stacks and Stories. Listen as they talk about what makes a good podcast, how the length of a podcast episode affects the best time to listen, and more, so stay tuned.
Podcasts Mentioned
Celebrity Memoir Book Club
If Books Could Kill
Maintenance Phase
Overdue
Read with Jenna
Reading Through Life
Shonen Flop
What Should I Read Next
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
This episode is all about Pride and Prejudice and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Join Tracy and Russell as they dive into regency romance and comedy horror, examining their own prides and prejudices along the way.
Books discussed:
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Join Charlie and Elisabeth as they talk about their favorites in this year's crop of Magnolia Book Award nominations!
Books discussed in this episode include:
Alone written by Megan E. Freeman
Four for the Road written by K.J. Reilly
Fox and Chick: Up and Down and Other Stories written and illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier
I Must Betray You written by Ruta Sepetys
Listen to the Language of the Trees written by Tera Kelley, illustrated by Marie Hermansson
The Lucky Ones written by Linda Williams Jackson
The Most Magnificent Idea written and illustrated by Ashley Spires
Stella Keeps the Sun Up written by Clothilde Ewing, illustrated by Lynn Gaines
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Join Tracy and Shellie on this newest episode of Shelf Absorbed as they talk about their favorite books of 2023 and the books they're looking forward to in 2024!
Books mentioned in the episode:
The Anthropocene Review by John Green
I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast
Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin
My Murder by Kate Williams
Chenneville by Paulette Jiles
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Join Katie and Russell as they talk about long books, long book series, and everything big and chonky!
Books mentioned in this episode:
The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Stand by Stephen King
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Join Katie and Riley as they discuss memoirs and why they like them. Listen in as they talk about death, eels, families, ships, and more, so stay tuned.
Books Mentioned
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
I'm A Terminal Cancer Patient, But I'm Fine by Hilnama
I Want to Die, but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
The Mississippi Library Commission was established in 1926 by an Act of the Mississippi Legislature. The agency was charged with giving advice, when asked, to schools and public libraries and to communities desiring to establish libraries. Further, the agency was required to obtain annual reports from all libraries in the state and to make a biennial report to the legislature of its work. The Act also authorized the Board of Commissioners to purchase and operate traveling libraries which might circulate to just about any library, organization or group including charitable and penal institutions. Today, the Mississippi Library Commission offers a wide variety of direct and indirect services to libraries, government agencies and the citizens of Mississippi.