Ep. 199 A Tapestry of Microaggressions with Kendra James

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today we're joined by Kendra James; writer, podcast producer, and editor, to discuss her debut book, Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School. We talk about Kendra's experiences as the first African American legacy student at the Taft School in Connecticut, the ways she came to terms with the racism she experienced, and who she is writing for. We also talk pettiness, writing in the bathroom, and figure skating.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/01/19/ep-199-kendra-james

The Stacks Book Club selection for December is Passing by Nella Larsen, we will discuss the book on January 26th with Cree Myles.

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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
1:14.4	Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them
1:17.4	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and our guest today is Kendra James
1:21.0	Kendra is a woman who has worn so many hats
1:24.5	She was a founding editor at chondaland.com. She is a writer a podcast producer and the author of the brand new book admissions a memoir of surviving boarding school
1:34.2	We talk today about the minor traumas of racism writing in the bathroom and
1:39.8	Figure skating. Yes. I know. This is a very fun episode
1:43.7	Our January book clumpic is passing by Nellie Larson
1:47.0	We will be discussing the book on Wednesday, January 26th with Cree Miles
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2:03.6	I want to give a quick shout out to our newest members of the stacks pack Adrian, Natasha Halam, Alex Rawlison, Julie Dyer's
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