Ep. 196 A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib -- The Stacks Book Club (Andrew Ti)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

It's time for our final episode of The Stacks Book Club of the year, and we're taking on a favorite book of the year, A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib. We are joined again by podcaster and TV writer Andrew Ti for this conversation which touches on cancel culture, Black cultural stereotypes, the skillful writing of the book, and so much more.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2021/12/29/ep-196-a-little-devil-in-america

Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out what our January 2022 Book Club pick 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 LA 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
1:17.5	I'm your host Tracy Thomas, and it is the final stacks book club day of the year and we're wrapping up a solid
1:25.1	2021 season with one of my favorite books of the year a little devil in America notes and praise of black performance by
1:31.3	Hennie of Dura Keeb our guest for this conversation is TV writer and creator and co-host of the podcast
1:37.2	Yo is this racist Andrew T
1:40.3	Andrew and I talk today about the scope of this incredible book the slippery slope of stand-up comedy and our favorite and
1:47.4	least favorite essays in the collection. There are no spoilers on this episode
1:52.1	Be sure to listen to the end of the podcast to find out what our first book club pick for 2022 will be
1:57.5	It's a good one if you want more of the stacks you can find bonus episodes a discord community our virtual book club
2:03.7	Discounts and merch and so much more over on patreon head to patreon dot com slash the stacks to join the stacks pack and
2:10.7	Shout out to our newest members of the stacks pack
2:13.4	Alejandra Rosales
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