Ep. 187 Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan -- The Stacks Book Club (Nichole Perkins)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

The last week of the month means it's time for The Stacks Book Club. This month we're joined again by author, poet, and podcast host, Nichole Perkins (Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be) to discuss Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan. On this episode we talk about the ways the book (and movie) have and haven't aged well, the depiction of friendship between Black women, and the lasting legacy of this modern classic.

There are minor spoilers on this episode.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/10/27/ep-187-waiting-to-exhale

Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what The Stacks Book Club pick for November will be!

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0:00.0	All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left
0:08.5	Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show
0:16.2	We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsey. Yes, that Rachel Lindsey the first black bachelor at also
0:22.2	She is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being
0:26.4	We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and
0:33.7	The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer, comedian director and of course the host of
0:42.6	Glamrs trash formerly known as the celebrity book club podcast
0:46.6	We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club
0:52.6	One of my favorite bookstores here in L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams
0:57.7	It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out
1:14.5	Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host Tracy Thomas
1:19.3	It is the last Wednesday of the month, which means it's the stacks book club day
1:23.4	We're joined again by Nicole Perkins the author of sometimes I trip on how happy we could be to discuss the 1992
1:30.4	Classic waiting to exhale by Terry McMillan. There are some minor spoilers in this episode and be sure to listen to the end of today's
1:38.9	Episode to find out what our book club pick will be for November if you're looking for even more from the stacks
1:44.2	You can check us out over on patreon you can get bonus episodes a discord community the stacks virtual book club and coming very soon
1:51.7	The 2022 stacks reading tracker for more information head to patreon dot com slash the stacks
1:58.4	And I do want to take a quick moment to think our latest members of the stacks pack
2:02.4	Sophie Peterson Megan Pearson Miriam Caba Brenda Barry Zakaia Cowan Leah Connor Laura showberg and Aaron Nettle
2:11.5	I really could not make the show without you and all of the rest of the stacks pack. So thank you so much
2:17.3	Okay, now it's time to get into this month's book club pick waiting to exhale with our guest Nicole Perkins
2:27.5	Okay, everybody it is time for the October book club conversation
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