Ep. 204 A Journey South with Imani Perry

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Imani Perry is the author of seven books including her latest, the New York Times bestselling, South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation. She is an American interdisciplinary scholar of race, law, literature, and African-American culture, and the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Imani shares with us today about her writing process, inspirations, and sweet tooth.

You can find links to everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/03/02/ep-204-imani-perry

The Stacks Book Club selection for February is A Mercy by Toni Morrison, we will discuss the book on March 30th with Imani Perry.

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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
1:14.6	Welcome to the stacks a podcaster out books and the people who read them
1:17.6	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and we are joined today by a woman that I admire so very deeply
1:23.6	Imani Perry Imani Perry is the author of seven books including breathe a letter to my sons
1:29.1	Which was a past stacks book club pick and her latest book South to America a journey below the Mason Dixon line to understand the
1:36.0	Soul of a nation this book is phenomenal
1:39.2	She is an American interdisciplinary scholar of race law literature and African American culture and she is currently the
1:46.0	Hughes Rogers professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and today we talk about going back to the South to write her latest book
1:53.9	The seduction of beauty and the historical importance of a sweet tooth
1:58.7	Imani will be back with us at the end of the month to discuss a mercy by Tony Morrison for the stacks book club on Wednesday March 30th
2:05.3	If you like the stacks and want more of it
2:07.4	Please head to patreon.com slash the stacks to join the stacks pack
2:11.0	You will get perks like bonus episodes virtual book club discounts and merch and shout outs on the show
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