46. Keeping It Real with Reggie Bailey

In this episode, Jan and Miles talk with Reggie Bailey— the man behind @reggiereads and one of the hosts of the awesome podcast, Books Are Pop Culture! We talk about Reggie’s epic story of how he got into reading and our thoughts about Deborah Appleman’s new book, Literature and the New Culture Wars. We kept it real for three + hours so this is just the first part of our convo! Stay tuned for Part 2….  2:04 How Reggie got into reading  10:17 How Reggie built his own Black canon  14:38 How Reggie Left the Mob  16:07 Challenge Me, Don’t Coddle Me  21:00 Where Reggie’s Draws the Line with Censoring Books  23:20 Are you complicit? 28:04 Why People Can’t Hold Opposing Ideas  31:17 What Reggie Appreciates in Non-Fiction Books  36:52 How Literary Beef Plays Out On Social Media  39:29 How to Actually Cancel Something…  45:04 The Brian Stevenson Paradox Reggie's Instagram Books Are Pop Culture Instagram --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support