The Stacks

By Traci Thomas

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Episodes: 408

Katie W.
 Jun 8, 2020
Really wonderful podcast about books. I have truly diversified my reading since becoming a listener and love Traci's thoughtful book reviews.

liberty goldstein
 Jun 1, 2020
This is a smart girl's podcast about books! I appreciate the book recommendations, the in-depth author conversations, and I'm excited to find out there is a book club to go with all of it!

Description

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 understand culture, race, politics, and more. The last Wednesday of each month Traci and guest will break down a book in detail as part of The Stacks Book Club. 


Make sure to check the website www.thestackspodcast.com for more details, including upcoming The Stacks Book Club picks.



Episode Date
Ep. 351 Tacky by Rax King — The Stacks Book Club (Nora McInerny)
Dec 25, 2024
Unabridged: 2024 Pop Culture Superlatives with Chelsea Devantez & Sam Sanders
Dec 20, 2024
Ep. 350 The Best Books of 2024 with Greta Johnsen & MJ Franklin
Dec 18, 2024
Ep. 349 Testing Humanity with Mosab Abu Toha
Dec 11, 2024
Ep. 348 I Will Always Be a Grief Enthusiast with Nora McInerny
Dec 04, 2024
Unabridged: Nonfiction Book Generator
Nov 29, 2024
Ep. 347 Luster by Raven Leilani — The Stacks Book Club (Justine Kay)
Nov 27, 2024
Ep. 346 Curating Climate Conversations with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Nov 20, 2024
Ep. 345 The Fear of Vulnerability with Jason Reynolds
Nov 13, 2024
Ep. 344 Unstable Attachment to Realism with Justine Kay
Nov 06, 2024
Ep. 343 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead — The Stacks Book Club (Franklin Leonard)
Oct 30, 2024
Ep. 342 Evangelizing Abortion Rights with Jessica Valenti
Oct 23, 2024
Unabridged: One for the Books with Danzy Senna and Zach Stafford
Oct 18, 2024
Ep. 341 Am I Supposed to Be Here with Jason De León
Oct 16, 2024
Ep. 340 Conspiracy Theories Are Not About the Truth with Jesselyn Cook
Oct 09, 2024
Ep. 339 A Hype Man for the Writing Community with Franklin Leonard
Oct 02, 2024
Ep. 338 Jazz by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Eve Dunbar)
Sep 25, 2024
Unabridged: Queer Icons & Banned Books with George M. Johnson
Sep 20, 2024
Ep. 337 We Love an Ethical Scam with Laci Mosley
Sep 18, 2024
Ep. 336 Blackness Is the Ingredient with Danzy Senna
Sep 11, 2024
Ep. 335 This Thing Called Satisfaction with Eve Dunbar
Sep 04, 2024
Ep. 334 Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo — The Stacks Book Club (Jay Ellis)
Aug 28, 2024
Unabridged: What Makes a Book Cover Pop with Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Aug 23, 2024
Ep. 333 Writing a COVID Novel with Regina Porter
Aug 21, 2024
Ep. 332 For the Black Boys with LaDarrion Williams
Aug 14, 2024
Ep. 331 Imagination, Creativity, and Play with Jay Ellis
Aug 07, 2024
Ep. 330 Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler — The Stacks Book Club (Emily Raboteau)
Jul 31, 2024
Ep. 329 What Does It Mean to Be Unseen with Mateo Askaripour
Jul 24, 2024
Unabridged: That New York Times List Discussed and Debated
Jul 19, 2024
Ep. 328 An Impulse to Explore with Adam Higginbotham
Jul 17, 2024
Ep. 327 Lots of Big Nights in Our Future with Katherine Lewin
Jul 10, 2024
Ep. 326 You Can’t Opt Out with Emily Raboteau
Jul 03, 2024
Ep. 325 It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover — The Stacks Book Club (Melissa Mogollon)
Jun 26, 2024
Unabridged: The Performance of Gender with Aaron Jay Young
Jun 21, 2024
Ep. 324 The Psychology of Evil with Akwaeke Emezi
Jun 19, 2024
Ep. 323 You’ve Got to Want Depth with Chelsea Devantez
Jun 12, 2024
Ep. 322 I Think Voicy is Great with Melissa Mogollon
Jun 05, 2024
Ep. 321 No Name in the Street by James Baldwin — The Stacks Book Club (Yahdon Israel)
May 29, 2024
Unabridged: The Best Books of 2024…So Far with Cree Myles and Sara Hildreth
May 24, 2024
Ep. 320 It’s Really Hard to Change the Patriarchy with Sierra Greer
May 22, 2024
Ep. 319 The Vulnerability Is the Point with Carvell Wallace
May 15, 2024
Ep. 318 Compassion, Justice, and Anger Are Not Mutually Exclusive with Paula Yoo
May 08, 2024
Ep. 317 The Ill Is Not the Outcome with Yahdon Israel
May 01, 2024
Ep. 316 The January Children by Safia Elhillo — The Stacks Book Club (Hala Alyan)
Apr 24, 2024
Unabridged: Poetry Therapy
Apr 19, 2024
Ep. 315 Pete Rose: The Great Anti-hero with Keith O'Brien
Apr 17, 2024
Ep. 314 Being Chesty with Andrew Boryga
Apr 10, 2024
Ep. 313 Auditioning for Empathy with Hala Alyan
Apr 03, 2024
Unabridged: Ask Me Anything, Hosted by Mr. Stacks
Mar 29, 2024
Ep. 312 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu -- The Stacks Book Club (Elise Hu)
Mar 27, 2024
Ep. 311 They Say We Die Twice with Pamela Prickett & Stefan Timmermans
Mar 20, 2024
Ep. 310 The Absence of Story with Tommy Orange
Mar 13, 2024
Ep. 309 Chasing Artificial Standards with Elise Hu
Mar 06, 2024
Ep. 308 Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Uché Blackstock)
Feb 28, 2024
Unabridged: No One Wants to Talk About the Sex with Kiley Reid
Feb 23, 2024
Ep. 307 A Story We Tell Backward with Lauren Markham
Feb 21, 2024
Ep. 306 I Love Our Romance Community with Tia Williams
Feb 14, 2024
Ep. 305 Going from Pet to Threat with Uché Blackstock
Feb 07, 2024
Ep. 304 Erasure by Percival Everett -- The Stacks Book Club (Zach Stafford)
Jan 31, 2024
Unabridged: Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024 with Cree Myles and Sara Hildreth
Jan 26, 2024
Ep. 303 The Culmination of My Psycho-Spiritual Self with Kaveh Akbar
Jan 24, 2024
Ep. 302 We Shouldn't Be Asking You This Question with Carolina Ixta
Jan 17, 2024
Ep. 301 What Makes a Recipe Good with Sohla El-Waylly
Jan 10, 2024
Ep. 300 A Lover of Place with Zach Stafford
Jan 03, 2024
Unabridged: The LA Live Show with Chelsea Devantez, Rachel Lindsay and Sam Sanders
Dec 29, 2023
Ep. 299 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare -- The Stacks Book Club (Farah Karim-Cooper)
Dec 27, 2023
Ep. 298 The Best Books of 2023 with MJ Franklin and Adam Vitcavage
Dec 20, 2023
Ep. 297 It's a Policy of Neglect with Nathan Thrall
Dec 13, 2023
Unabridged: The NYC Late Show with Kiese Laymon
Dec 08, 2023
Ep. 296 Gatekeeping Around Shakespeare with Farah Karim-Cooper
Dec 06, 2023
Ep. 295 Severance by Ling Ma -- The Stacks Book Club (Mitchell S. Jackson)
Nov 29, 2023
Unabridged: The NYC Early Show with Kiese Laymon
Nov 24, 2023
Ep. 294 People Just Have Never Seen It with Ali Stroker
Nov 22, 2023
Ep. 293 Progress Is not Linear with Beto O'Rourke
Nov 15, 2023
Ep. 292 Writing Toward Beauty with Jesmyn Ward
Nov 08, 2023
Ep. 291 I've Never Read for Pleasure with Mitchell S. Jackson
Nov 01, 2023
Ep. 290 Tar Baby by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Minda Honey)
Oct 25, 2023
Unabridged: The DC Live Show with Jason Reynolds
Oct 20, 2023
Ep. 289 Changing the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Oliver Jeffers
Oct 18, 2023
Ep. 288 Just Presenting the Facts with Michael Harriot
Oct 11, 2023
Ep. 287 Ending Racism with Minda Honey
Oct 04, 2023
Ep. 286 Monsters by Claire Dederer -- The Stacks Book Club (Brittany Luse)
Sep 27, 2023
Ep. 285 A Page Is Not Wild with Myriam Gurba
Sep 20, 2023
Unabridged: The Chicago Live Show with Samantha Irby
Sep 15, 2023
Ep. 284 Romance and Politics with Stacey Abrams
Sep 13, 2023
Ep. 283 The Curiosity Never Ends with Brittany Luse
Sep 06, 2023
Introducing: Vibe Check with Sam Sanders, Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford
Sep 01, 2023
Ep. 282 You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi -- The Stacks Book Club (Sam Sanders)
Aug 30, 2023
Unabridged: The Oakland Live Show with Leila Mottley
Aug 25, 2023
Ep. 281 The Characters Came Quickly with Jennifer Baker
Aug 23, 2023
Ep. 280 Blind Thought with Andrew Leland
Aug 16, 2023
Ep. 279 Inaction Is a Form of Police Brutality with Nora Neus
Aug 09, 2023
Ep. 278 We're Giving Him Drugs with Sam Sanders
Aug 02, 2023
Unabridged: Talking HBO's Watchmen Series with David Dennis Jr.
Jul 28, 2023
Ep. 277 Watchmen by Alan Moore -- The Stacks Book Club (Joel Christian Gill)
Jul 26, 2023
Ep. 276 How We Keep Each Other Alive with Donovan X. Ramsey
Jul 19, 2023
Ep. 275 We're on the Extreme Side with Ricardo Nuila
Jul 12, 2023
Ep. 274 Comics Is a Medium Not a Genre with Joel Christian Gill
Jul 05, 2023
Unabridged: I'm a New Bitch Every Month with Jamilah Mapp and Erica Dickerson
Jun 30, 2023
Ep. 273 Oreo by Fran Ross -- The Stacks Book Club (Hannah Oliver Depp)
Jun 28, 2023
Ep. 272 Cold Butter and Cold Emails with Stacey Mei Yan Fong
Jun 21, 2023
Ep. 271 The Paradox of Visibility with Tre'vell Anderson
Jun 14, 2023
Ep. 270 My Whole Self Is Here with Hannah Oliver Depp
Jun 07, 2023
Ep. 269 This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris -- The Stacks Book Club (Nicole Chung)
May 31, 2023
Unabridged: The Best of 2023...So Far with Lupita Aquino, Liberty Hardy, and Greta Johnsen
May 26, 2023
Ep. 268 Over Burdened and Under Funded by Roxanna Asgarian
May 24, 2023
Ep. 267 The Pull to Make Art with Vashti Harrison
May 17, 2023
Ep. 266 We Are the Ones Who Make the World with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
May 10, 2023
Ep. 265 Deep Comfort Reads with Nicole Chung
May 03, 2023
Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)
Apr 26, 2023
Ep. 263 Revisiting Waco 30 Years Later with Jeff Guinn, Stephan Talty, and Kevin Cook
Apr 19, 2023
Ep. 262 Joy, Surprise, and Uplift with Ari Shapiro
Apr 12, 2023
Ep. 261 All at Once with Clint Smith
Apr 05, 2023
Ep. 260 Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Shanita Hubbard)
Mar 29, 2023
Ep. 259 How Innocent Are They with Joseph Earl Thomas
Mar 22, 2023
Ep. 258 Long-Suffering Basketball Fans with José Olivarez
Mar 15, 2023
Ep. 257 The Hardest Book I Had to Write with Carol Anderson
Mar 08, 2023
Ep. 256 Centering Us with Shanita Hubbard
Mar 01, 2023
Ep. 255 The Round House by Louise Erdrich -- The Stacks Book Club (Mina Kimes)
Feb 22, 2023
Ep. 254 Heartbreak is Pivotal to Romance with Camonghne Felix
Feb 15, 2023
Ep. 253 I Tend to Write About It with Lamya H.
Feb 08, 2023
Ep. 252 Begging to Go to the Library with Mina Kimes
Feb 01, 2023
Ep. 251 The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey -- The Stacks Book Club (Chelsea Devantez)
Jan 25, 2023
Ep. 250 A Litany of Abuses with Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
Jan 18, 2023
Ep. 249 The Vibe is Really Gnarly with Aubrey Gordon
Jan 11, 2023
Ep. 248 For the Love of Celebrity Memoirs with Chelsea Devantez
Jan 04, 2023
Ep. 247 True Biz by Sara Nović -- The Stacks Book Club (Greta Johnsen)
Dec 28, 2022
Ep. 246 The Best Books of 2022 with Andrew Limbong
Dec 21, 2022
Ep. 245 The Worst Moments of His Life with Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
Dec 14, 2022
Ep. 244 Relentlessly Positive with Greta Johnsen
Dec 07, 2022
Ep. 243 Prison by Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law -- The Stacks Book Club (Mariame Kaba)
Nov 30, 2022
Ep. 242 Lurching from Disaster to Disaster with Steven W. Thrasher
Nov 23, 2022
Ep. 241 Names on Top of Names on Top of Names with Jonathan Abrams
Nov 16, 2022
Ep. 240 Hold the Powers that Be Accountable with Jemele Hill
Nov 09, 2022
Ep. 239 The Purpose of a System Is What It Does with Mariame Kaba
Nov 02, 2022
Ep. 238 Fairest by Meredith Talusan -- The Stacks Book Club (Anthony Christian Ocampo)
Oct 26, 2022
Ep. 237 Girl Fear with Kamila Shamsie
Oct 19, 2022
Ep. 236 I Thought I Was the Problem with Brandon Kyle Goodman
Oct 12, 2022
Ep. 235 Filipinx Literary Renaissance with Anthony Christian Ocampo
Oct 05, 2022
Ep. 234 The Trees by Percival Everett -- The Stacks Book Club (Lisa Lucas)
Sep 28, 2022
Ep. 233 A Grieving Apocalyptic Historian with Saeed Jones
Sep 21, 2022
Ep. 232 What Should the Rules Be with Andrea Elliott
Sep 14, 2022
Ep. 231 At the End of Every Day There's a Book with Lisa Lucas
Sep 07, 2022
Ep. 230 How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee -- The Stacks Book Club (Ingrid Rojas Contreras)
Aug 31, 2022
Ep. 229 Destabilizing Whiteness with Mohsin Hamid
Aug 24, 2022
Ep. 228 Grief is Love with Marisa Renee Lee
Aug 17, 2022
Ep. 227 Funny but Not F*cking Around with W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz
Aug 10, 2022
Ep. 226 A Literal Relationship with the Past with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Aug 03, 2022
Ep. 225 Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih--The Stacks Book Club (Elamin Abdelmahmoud)
Jul 27, 2022
Ep. 224 Writing with Duende with Erika L. Sánchez
Jul 20, 2022
Ep. 223 Our Existence as Protest with Caleb Gayle
Jul 13, 2022
Ep. 222 Living in Between with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Jul 06, 2022
Ep. 221 White Negroes by Lauren Michele Jackson -- The Stacks Book Club (David Dennis Jr.)
Jun 29, 2022
Ep. 220 Spread Love It's the Brooklyn Way with Justin Tinsley
Jun 22, 2022
Ep. 219 Genre Redlining with Leila Mottley
Jun 15, 2022
Ep. 218 Hungry for History with Michael Eric Dyson
Jun 08, 2022
Ep. 217 Surviving in the Face of Death with David Dennis Jr.
Jun 01, 2022
Ep. 216 Shine Bright by Danyel Smith - The Stacks Book Club (Novena Carmel)
May 25, 2022
Ep. 215 It's Kind of Wonderful, but it's Kind of Awful with Danyel Smith
May 18, 2022
Ep. 214 How You Look and How You Feel Have to Meet with Van Lathan Jr.
May 11, 2022
Ep. 213 Curating a Vibe with Novena Carmel
May 04, 2022
Ep. 212 Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston - The Stacks Book Club (Nate Marshall)
Apr 27, 2022
Ep. 211 A Radical Shift with Julie Otsuka
Apr 20, 2022
Ep. 210 A Warm Hug with Danny Pellegrino
Apr 13, 2022
Ep. 209 A Poem is About Wonder with Nate Marshall
Apr 06, 2022
Ep. 208 A Mercy by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Imani Perry)
Mar 30, 2022
Ep. 207 Breaking Through the Black/White Binary with Julissa Arce
Mar 23, 2022
Ep. 206 Who Are You Loving When You Write with Destiny O. Birdsong
Mar 16, 2022
Ep. 205 Finding Ways to Heal with Stephanie Foo
Mar 09, 2022
Ep. 204 A Journey South with Imani Perry
Mar 02, 2022
Ep. 203 I Live a Life Like Yours by Jan Grue -- The Stacks Book Club (Tessa Miller)
Feb 23, 2022
Ep. 202 Even the Bachelorette Gets Insecure with Rachel Lindsay
Feb 16, 2022
Day 5 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Kiese Laymon
Feb 11, 2022
Day 4 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Timya Wright and Azar Nafisi
Feb 10, 2022
Day 3 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Ghazala Hashmi and Hannah Oliver Depp
Feb 09, 2022
Day 2 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Alison Bechdel and Kelsey Reynolds
Feb 08, 2022
Day 1 -- Banned Books in The Stacks with Katrina Stokes and Thursday Williams
Feb 07, 2022
Ep. 201 The Language of Chronic Illness with Tessa Miller
Feb 02, 2022
Ep. 200 Passing by Nella Larsen -- The Stacks Book Club (Cree Myles)
Jan 26, 2022
Ep. 199 A Tapestry of Microaggressions with Kendra James
Jan 19, 2022
Ep. 198 We'll Be Okay with Jason Reynolds
Jan 12, 2022
Ep. 197 All Ways Black, Always with Cree Myles
Jan 05, 2022
Ep. 196 A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib -- The Stacks Book Club (Andrew Ti)
Dec 29, 2021
Ep. 195 The Best Books of 2021 with Lupita Aquino and Morgan Hoit
Dec 22, 2021
Ep. 194 How We Understand Loneliness with Kristen Radtke
Dec 15, 2021
Ep. 193 Betting on the Kids with Angelina Jolie and Tokata Iron Eyes
Dec 08, 2021
Ep. 192 Yo, Is This Racist with Andrew Ti
Dec 01, 2021
Ep. 191 Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Dawnie Walton)
Nov 24, 2021
Ep. 190 Getting Cultish with Amanda Montell
Nov 17, 2021
Ep. 189 Embracing Rage with Myisha Cherry
Nov 10, 2021
Ep. 188 Creating an Icon with Dawnie Walton
Nov 03, 2021
Ep. 187 Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan -- The Stacks Book Club (Nichole Perkins)
Oct 27, 2021
Ep. 186 We Need Better Voices with Danté Stewart
Oct 20, 2021
Ep. 185 Abolition for the People with Bree Newsome Bass Kiese Laymon
Oct 13, 2021
Ep. 184 The Desire Advocate Is In with Nichole Perkins
Oct 06, 2021
Ep. 183 Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson -- The Stacks Book Club (Derecka Purnell)
Sep 29, 2021
Ep. 182 Athletes and Activism with Dave Zirin
Sep 22, 2021
Ep. 181 We Don't Have to Agree with Jill Louise Busby
Sep 15, 2021
Ep. 180 Fifty Years After Attica with Heather Ann Thompson
Sep 08, 2021
Ep. 179 Imagining Better with Derecka Purnell
Sep 01, 2021
Ep. 178 Emergency Contact by Mary H. K. Choi -- The Stacks Book Club (Juliet Litman)
Aug 25, 2021
Ep. 177 Defining the American Dream with Roger Bennett
Aug 18, 2021
Ep. 176 Leaving a Record of History with Adam Serwer
Aug 11, 2021
Ep. 175 Chatty Books with Juliet Litman
Aug 04, 2021
Ep. 174 The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui -- The Stacks Book Club (Mira Jacob)
Jul 28, 2021
Ep. 173 Living with Less with Christine Platt
Jul 21, 2021
Ep. 172 The Art vs. The Artist with Quentin Tarantino
Jul 14, 2021
Ep. 171 Trusting in Optimism with Mira Jacob
Jul 07, 2021
Ep. 170 The Undying by Anne Boyer -- The Stacks Book Club (Mychal Denzel Smith)
Jun 30, 2021
Ep. 169 Defining Love for Ourselves with Ashley C. Ford
Jun 23, 2021
Ep. 168 Embodying History with Clint Smith
Jun 16, 2021
Ep. 167 Disrupting the Systems that Cage Us with Marlon Peterson
Jun 09, 2021
Ep. 166 Who Do We Want to Be with Mychal Denzel Smith
Jun 02, 2021
Ep. 165 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenny Lee)
May 26, 2021
Ep. 164 Breaking a Story with Patrick Radden Keefe
May 19, 2021
Ep. 163 Pushing the Boundaries of Understanding with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
May 12, 2021
Ep. 162 Adapting a Classic with Jenny Lee
May 05, 2021
Ep. 161 The Tradition by Jericho Brown -- The Stacks Book Club (Reginald Dwayne Betts)
Apr 28, 2021
Ep. 160 Black People Doing Spectacular Things with Hanif Abdurraqib
Apr 21, 2021
Ep. 159 Surviving the White Gaze with Rebecca Carroll
Apr 14, 2021
Ep. 158 Reaching for Answers with Reginald Dwayne Betts
Apr 07, 2021
Ep. 157 Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh -- The Stacks Book Club (Nic Stone)
Mar 31, 2021
Ep. 156 Pursuing a Passion with Brandon Hobson
Mar 24, 2021
Ep. 155 The Art of the Crush with Mary H.K. Choi
Mar 17, 2021
Ep. 154 Representation in Kink with R.O. Kwon & Garth Greenwell
Mar 10, 2021
Ep. 153 Breaking Down Standards with Nic Stone
Mar 03, 2021
Ep. 152 The New Wilderness by Diane Cook -- The Stacks Book Club (Vann Newkirk)
Feb 24, 2021
Ep. 151 Truth and Satire with Mateo Askaripour
Feb 17, 2021
Ep. 150 An Invitation to History with Keisha N. Blain
Feb 10, 2021
Ep. 149 A Bias Toward Justice with Vann Newkirk
Feb 03, 2021
Ep. 148 The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans -- The Stacks Book Club (Deesha Philyaw)
Jan 27, 2021
Ep. 147 Crafting a Collection with Danielle Evans
Jan 20, 2021
Ep. 146 Integrity in Collaboration with Kimberly Drew & Jenna Wortham
Jan 13, 2021
Ep. 145 Measuring Success with Deesha Philyaw
Jan 06, 2021
Ep. 144 Citizen by Claudia Rankine -- The Stacks Book Club (Darnell Moore)
Dec 30, 2020
Ep. 143 The Best of 2020 with Christine Bollow and Oscar Almonte-Espinal
Dec 23, 2020
Ep. 142 Sparking Creativity with Arianna Davis
Dec 16, 2020
Ep. 141 White Male Mediocrity with Ijeoma Oluo
Dec 09, 2020
Ep. 140 Radical Black Love with Darnell Moore
Dec 02, 2020
Ep. 139 The Butterfly Effect by Marcus J. Moore -- The Stacks Book Club (Cole Cuchna)
Nov 25, 2020
Ep. 138 Celebrating Black Artists with Marcus J. Moore
Nov 18, 2020
Ep. 137 Specificity in Storytelling with Yaa Gyasi
Nov 11, 2020
Ep. 136 Dissecting with Cole Cuchna
Nov 04, 2020
Ep. 135 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley--The Stacks Book Club (Marc Lamont Hill)
Oct 28, 2020
Ep. 134 The Stacks Election Special with Akilah Hughes
Oct 21, 2020
Ep. 133 Stacks on Stacks with Desus and Mero
Oct 14, 2020
Ep. 132 Coffee & Books with Marc Lamont Hill
Oct 07, 2020
Ep. 131 The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio -- The Stacks Book Club (Lupita Aquino)
Sep 30, 2020
Ep. 130 The Politics of Sex with Angela Chen
Sep 23, 2020
Ep. 129 The Myth of Strength with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Sep 16, 2020
Ep. 128 Big Friendships with Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
Sep 09, 2020
Ep. 127 Crushes and Controversy with Lupita Aquino
Sep 02, 2020
Ep. 126 Sula by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Brit Bennett)
Aug 26, 2020
Ep. 125 Wandering and Wondering with Morgan Jerkins
Aug 19, 2020
Ep. 124 Finding Your Future Self with Liara Tamani
Aug 12, 2020
Ep. 123 Complication and Imagination with Brit Bennett
Aug 05, 2020
Ep. 122 Breathe by Imani Perry -- The Stacks Book Club (Kiese Laymon)
Jul 29, 2020
Ep. 121 Reading with Mr. & Mrs. Stacks
Jul 22, 2020
Ep. 120 Everyone Can Do Something with Meena Harris
Jul 15, 2020
Ep. 119 All About the Drive with James McBride
Jul 08, 2020
Ep. 118 Living the Revision with Kiese Laymon
Jul 01, 2020
Ep. 117 Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe -- The Stacks Book Club (Emma Copley Eisenberg)
Jun 24, 2020
Ep. 116 White Fragility with The Lady Gang - Part 2
Jun 17, 2020
Ep. 115 Heroes Walk Among Us with Bakari Sellers
Jun 10, 2020
Ep. 114 Both, And with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Jun 03, 2020
Ep. 113 The Giver by Lois Lowry -- The Stacks Book Club (Sue Thomas)
May 27, 2020
Ep. 112 R. Eric Thomas//Here for It
May 20, 2020
Ep. 111 Ethan Strauss//The Victory Machine
May 13, 2020
Ep. 110 Like Mother Like Daughter with Sue Thomas
May 06, 2020
Ep. 109 Trust Exercise by Susan Choi -- The Stacks Book Club (Brandon Taylor)
Apr 29, 2020
Ep. 108 Priya Parker on Meaningful Gatherings in the Time of Corona
Apr 22, 2020
Ep. 107 Abi Daré//The Girl with the Louding Voice
Apr 15, 2020
Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You
Apr 08, 2020
EP. 105 The Union of Science and Art with Brandon Taylor
Apr 01, 2020
Ep. 104 So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson -- The Stacks Book Club (Gigi Levangie)
Mar 23, 2020
Ep. 103 An Outsider in Hollywood with Gigi Levangie
Mar 18, 2020
Ep. 102 Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde -- The Stacks Book Club (Asha Grant)
Mar 11, 2020
Ep. 101 Reading Black Women with Asha Grant
Mar 04, 2020
Ep. 100 Three Women by Lisa Taddeo -- The Stacks Book Club (August McLaughlin)
Feb 26, 2020
Ep. 99 Getting a Girl Boner with August McLaughlin
Feb 19, 2020
Ep. 98 The Hating Game by Sally Thorne -- The Stacks Book Club (Leah Koch)
Feb 12, 2020
Ep. 97 A Little Romance with Leah Koch of The Ripped Bodice
Feb 05, 2020
Ep. 96 Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino -- The Stacks Book Club (Jordan Moblo)
Jan 29, 2020
Ep. 95 Keeping it Positive with Jordan Moblo
Jan 22, 2020
Ep. 94 Cribsheet by Emily Oster -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenna Parris)
Jan 15, 2020
Ep. 93 Becoming a Mom with Jenna Parris
Jan 08, 2020
Ep. 92 Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li -- The Stacks Book Club (Vanessa Hua)
Jan 01, 2020
The Short Stacks 29: The Best of 2019//Lauren Fanella
Dec 30, 2019
Ep. 91 The People Who Change Us with Vanessa Hua
Dec 25, 2019
Ep. 90 Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson -- The Stacks Book Club (Jason Reynolds)
Dec 18, 2019
The Short Stacks 28: Jacqueline Woodson//Red at the Bone
Dec 16, 2019
Ep. 89 Staying True to Yourself with Jason Reynolds
Dec 11, 2019
Ep. 88 Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli -- The Stacks Book Club (Ayser Salman)
Dec 04, 2019
The Short Stacks 27: Shea Serrano//Movies (and Other Things)
Dec 02, 2019
Ep. 87 Finding a Seat at the Table with Ayser Salman
Nov 27, 2019
Ep. 86 Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat -- The Stacks Book Club (Hugh Garvey)
Nov 20, 2019
The Short Stacks 26: Jami Attenberg//All This Could Be Yours
Nov 18, 2019
Ep. 85 Recipes Have a Happy Ending with Hugh Garvey
Nov 13, 2019
Ep. 84 We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin -- The Stacks Book Club (Chris L. Terry)
Nov 06, 2019
The Short Stacks 25: Maurice Carlos Ruffin//We Cast a Shadow
Nov 04, 2019
Ep. 83 What is "Black Enough" with Chris L. Terry
Oct 30, 2019
Ep. 82 Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jensen -- The Stacks Book Club (Jac Vanek))
Oct 23, 2019
The Short Stacks 24: Chloe Benjamin//The Immortalists
Oct 21, 2019
Ep. 81 Writing in Books with Jac Vanek
Oct 16, 2019
Ep. 80 The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin -- The Stacks Book Club (Jenna Ushkowitz)
Oct 09, 2019
The Short Stacks 23: Tressie McMillan Cottom//Thick
Oct 07, 2019
Ep. 79 When Reading Doesn't Feel Like Work with Jenna Ushkowitz
Oct 02, 2019
Ep. 78 Educated by Tara Westover--The Stacks Book Club (Sarah Enni)
Sep 25, 2019
The Short Stacks 22: Ibram X. Kendi//How to be an Antiracist
Sep 23, 2019
Ep. 77 It's OK to Hate a Book with Sarah Enni
Sep 18, 2019
Ep. 76 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Stacks Book Club (Clark Moore)
Sep 11, 2019
The Short Stacks 21: Garrett M. Graff//The Only Plane in the Sky
Sep 09, 2019
Ep. 75 Embracing Queer and Colorful Stories with Clark Moore
Sep 04, 2019
Ep. 74 The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist by Radley Balko & Tucker Carrington--The Stacks Book Club (Allison Punch)
Aug 28, 2019
The Short Stacks 20: Kim Brooks//Small Animals
Aug 26, 2019
Ep. 73 Reading with Purpose with Allison Punch
Aug 21, 2019
Ep. 72 The Light of the World by Elizabeth Alexander -- The Stacks Book Club (Dani McClain)
Aug 13, 2019
The Short Stacks 19: Ramin Setoodeh//Ladies Who Punch
Aug 12, 2019
Ep. 71 Mothering and Social Justice with Dani McClain
Aug 07, 2019
Ep. 70 WorkParty by Jaclyn Johnson--The Stacks Book Club (Calli Cholodenko)
Jul 31, 2019
The Short Stacks 18: Bianca Marais//If You Want to Make God Laugh
Jul 29, 2019
Ep. 69 Getting Social with Calli Cholodenko
Jul 24, 2019
Ep. 68 Miracle Creek by Angie Kim -- The Stacks Book Club (Rachel Overvoll)
Jul 17, 2019
The Short Stacks 17: Radley Balko//The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist
Jul 15, 2019
Ep. 67 Finding Feminism with Rachel Overvoll
Jul 10, 2019
Ep. 66 Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson -- The Stacks Book Club (Dave Cullen)
Jul 03, 2019
The Short Stacks 16: Angie Kim//Miracle Creek
Jul 01, 2019
Ep. 65 Crafting a Compelling Narrative with Dave Cullen
Jun 26, 2019
Ep. 64 The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams -- The Stacks Book Club (Lori Gottlieb)
Jun 19, 2019
The Short Stacks 15: Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin//How We Fight White Supremacy
Jun 17, 2019
Ep. 63 The Love of Therapy with Lori Gottlieb
Jun 10, 2019
Ep. 62 Tinderbox by Robert W. Fieseler -- The Stacks Book Club (Joseph Papa)
Jun 05, 2019
The Short Stacks 14: Etaf Rum//A Woman is No Man
Jun 03, 2019
Ep. 61 The Publicizing of Books with Joseph Papa
May 29, 2019
Ep. 60 Beloved by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (DaMaris B. Hill)
May 22, 2019
The Short Stacks 13: Robert W. Fieseler//Tinderbox
May 20, 2019
Ep. 59 Chasing Perfection with DaMaris B. Hill
May 15, 2019
Ep. 58 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed -- The Stacks Book Club (Keltie Knight)
May 08, 2019
The Short Stacks 12: Damon Young//What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker
May 06, 2019
Ep. 57 Being a Boss with Keltie Knight
May 01, 2019
Ep. 56 Wild Beauty by Ntozake Shange — The Stacks Book Club (Gabrielle Civil)
Apr 24, 2019
The Short Stacks 11: Miriam Toews//Women Talking
Apr 22, 2019
Ep. 55 The Art of Performance with Gabrielle Civil
Apr 17, 2019
Ep. 54 The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois — The Stacks Book Club (Ben Blacker)
Apr 10, 2019
The Short Stacks 10: Bryan Washington//Lot
Apr 08, 2019
Ep. 53 Writing is Writing with Ben Blacker
Apr 03, 2019
Ep. 52 I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid — The Stacks Book Club (Niccole Thurman)
Mar 27, 2019
The Short Stacks 9: Isaac Butler//The World Only Spins Forward
Mar 25, 2019
Ep. 51 Satire and Creative Outlets with Niccole Thurman
Mar 20, 2019
Ep. 50 Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister — The Stacks Book Club (James J. Sexton)
Mar 13, 2019
The Short Stacks 8: Lacy M. Johnson//The Reckonings
Mar 11, 2019
Ep. 49 Relationships and Recommendations with James Sexton
Mar 06, 2019
Ep. 48 Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah — The Stacks Book Club (Wade Allain-Marcus)
Feb 27, 2019
The Short Stacks 7: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah//Friday Black
Feb 25, 2019
Ep. 47 Reading, Writing, and Representation with Wade Allain-Marcus
Feb 20, 2019
Ep. 46 All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung — The Stacks Book Club (Vanessa McGrady)
Feb 13, 2019
The Short Stacks 6: Nicole Chung//All You Can Ever Know
Feb 11, 2019
Ep. 45 Vanessa McGrady on Adoption and Memoirs
Feb 06, 2019
Ep. 44 Rap Dad by Juan Vidal — The Stacks Books Club (Josh Segarra)
Jan 30, 2019
The Short Stacks 5: Anita Devlin//S.O.B.E.R.
Jan 28, 2019
Ep. 43 Life as an Actor with Josh Segarra
Jan 23, 2019
Ep. 42 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie — The Stacks Book Club (Tawny Newsome)
Jan 16, 2019
The Short Stacks 4: Juan Vidal//Rap Dad
Jan 14, 2019
Ep. 41 Comedy, Race, Travel and Books with Tawny Newsome
Jan 09, 2019
Ep. 40 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz — The Stacks Book Club (Alec Penix)
Jan 02, 2019
The Short Stacks 3: Best of 2018//Lauren Fanella
Dec 31, 2018
Ep. 39 Connecting Mind, Body, and Spirit with Alec Penix
Dec 26, 2018
Ep. 38 Open City by Teju Cole — The Stacks Book Club (Behzad Dabu)
Dec 19, 2018
The Short Stacks 2 – Jesse Byrd//Real Jungle Tales
Dec 17, 2018
Ep. 37 Representation, Basketball, and Books with Behzad Dabu
Dec 12, 2018
Ep. 36 If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim — The Stacks Book Club (Aja Gabel)
Dec 05, 2018
The Short Stacks 1: Crystal Hana Kim//If You Leave Me
Dec 03, 2018
Ep. 35 Prodigies, Time Machines, and Beautiful Writing with Aja Gabel
Nov 28, 2018
Ep. 34 The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison — The Stacks Book Club (Renée Hicks)
Nov 21, 2018
Ep. 33 Book Girl Magic with Renee Hicks
Nov 14, 2018
Ep. 32 To The Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann — The Stacks Book Club (Heather John Fogarty)
Nov 07, 2018
Ep. 31 All the Book Recommendations with Heather John Fogarty
Oct 31, 2018
Ep. 30 How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt — The Stacks Book Club (Harris Cohn)
Oct 24, 2018
Ep. 29 Politics, Midterms, and Voting (oh, my) with Harris Cohn
Oct 17, 2018
Ep. 28 Bad Blood by John Carreyrou — The Stacks Book Club (Nancy Rommelmann)
Oct 10, 2018
Ep. 27 Talking Investigative Journalism with Nancy Rommelmann
Oct 03, 2018
Ep. 26 Less by Andrew Sean Greer — The Stacks Book Club (Zeke Smith)
Sep 26, 2018
Ep. 25 Talking Fame and Identity with Zeke Smith
Sep 19, 2018
Ep. 24 Motherhood by Sheila Heti — The Stacks Book Club (Jo Piazza)
Sep 12, 2018
Ep. 23 Talking Women in Politics with Jo Piazza
Sep 05, 2018
Ep. 22 The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner — The Stacks Book Club (Becca Tobin)
Aug 29, 2018
Ep. 21 Talking Fiction & Hollywood with Becca Tobin
Aug 22, 2018
Ep. 20 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates — The Stacks Book Club (Jay Connor)
Aug 15, 2018
Ep. 19 Extraordinary Reading with Jay Connor of The Extraordinary Negroes
Aug 08, 2018
Ep. 18 Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes — The Stacks Book Club (Ashley North)
Aug 01, 2018
Ep. 17 Talking Fashion and Reading with Stylist Ashley North
Jul 25, 2018
Ep. 16 Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore — The Stacks Book Club (Lauren Fanella)
Jul 18, 2018
Ep. 15 Talking Unconventional Women with Lauren Fanella
Jul 11, 2018
Ep. 14 The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg — The Stacks Book Club (Ross Asdourian)
Jul 04, 2018
Ep. 13 Writing Your Book with Ross Asdourian
Jun 27, 2018
Ep. 12 How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer — The Stacks Book Club (Aaron Dolores)
Jun 20, 2018
Ep 11. Talking Books and Soccer with Aaron Dolores Founder of Black Arrow FC
Jun 13, 2018
Ep. 10 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier — The Stacks Book Club (Vella Lovell)
Jun 06, 2018
Ep. 9 Talking Books with Vella Lovell
May 30, 2018
Ep. 8 Vulgar Favors by Maureen Orth — The Stacks Book Club (Sam Pinkleton)
May 23, 2018
Ep. 7 Talking Books with Sam Pinkleton
May 16, 2018
Ep. 6 Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin — The Stacks Book Club (Chris Maddox)
May 09, 2018
Ep. 5 Talking Books with Chris Maddox
May 02, 2018
Ep. 4 Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward — The Stacks Book Club (Sarah Fong)
Apr 25, 2018
Ep. 3 Talking Books with Sarah Fong
Apr 18, 2018
Ep. 2 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid — The Stacks Book Club (Dallas Lopez)
Apr 11, 2018
Ep. 1 Talking Books with Dallas Lopez
Apr 04, 2018
The Stacks Podcast — Coming April 4th
Mar 21, 2018