Ep. 131 The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio -- The Stacks Book Club (Lupita Aquino)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Today for The Stacks book club we are discussing The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavic encio. Our guest is the reader behind the bookish instagram account Lupita Reads, Lupita Aqu ino. Our conversation looks at the ways undocumented people have been treated as a monolith, the concept of "objective journalism," and how this book has created a space for more undocumented folks to feel seen and heard. There are no spoilers in this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today is the |
| 0:14.7 | Sachs Book Club day. We are discussing our September pick, The Unddocumented Americans by |
| 0:19.8 | Carla Cornejo via Vicensio with our guest, Lupita Aquino. |
| 0:24.8 | If you've missed either a previous episode with Lupita Aquino or Carla Cornejo |
| 0:29.2 | via Vicensio, I suggest you go back and listen to those incredible conversations. |
| 0:34.0 | On today's episode we examined this National Book Award long listed memoir |
| 0:38.0 | Meets Reporting on the lives of America's undocumented people. |
| 0:42.0 | There are no spoilers on this episode. |
| 0:44.7 | Remember to listen all the way to the end of today's episode |
| 0:48.0 | to hear our book club pick for October. |
| 0:51.0 | As a reminder, everything we discussed on today's episode can be found in the link in the show notes. |
| 0:55.6 | If you love the Stacks and want to show your support consider joining the Stacks Pack. |
| 0:59.4 | Those are folks who contribute monthly to the podcast on Patreon and earn perks like our virtual book |
| 1:04.7 | club and shoutouts on the show. That's right, we have a virtual book club where myself and other members of |
| 1:10.4 | the Staxpack get together and discuss our book club pick each month. I could not make |
| 1:15.8 | this podcast without the generosity of the Stax Pack. So if you want to be a part of the fabric of the |
| 1:20.9 | show head to Patreon.com slash slash the stacks. This week I am |
| 1:24.9 | saying an extra big thank you to our newest members Brianna Peterson, Christine, |
| 1:30.1 | Callissa Holdcraft, Noel Perkins, Clara Howell, Ruthertrath, |
| 1:34.0 | Ruth Burda, Ali Fleming, |
| 1:37.0 | Kristen, Santarina Davis, |
| 1:39.0 | Shannon Doherty, Kindle McMahan, PM, Carrie Murray, and Libby Gorman. |
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