Ep. 208 A Mercy by Toni Morrison -- The Stacks Book Club (Imani Perry)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Stacks Book Club we speak again with Imani Perry, author of the New York Times bestselling South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of a Nation. In our discussion of Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy, we talk destroying ourselves over heartbreak, treating people tenderly and the book's central metaphor of the house. We also touch on the seduction of beauty, and breathlessness.

There are spoilers on this episode.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' Website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/03/30/ep-208-a-mercy

Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our April 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 L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams
0:57.8	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 podcast about books and the people who read them
1:17.8	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and every year on the stacks we discuss and dissect
1:22.6	a Tony Morrison novel for the stacks book club and this year's Tony Morrison discussion is upon us
1:28.4	We are talking about Tony Morrison's
1:31.2	2008 novel a mercy with author and professor Emani Perry
1:34.7	Emani Perry is the author of seven books including her latest a New York Times best seller
1:40.4	South to America a journey below the Mason Dixon to understand the soul of a nation
1:45.1	We talked today about the themes of the book the subversion of historical narratives and the seduction of beauty
1:50.9	There are also a lot of spoilers on today's episode. So please be sure you've read the book before you listen
1:56.3	Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out what our book club pick for April will be if you like the stacks and want more of it
2:02.7	Please head to patreon.com slash the stacks to join the stacks back
2:06.6	You'll get perks like bonus episodes virtual book club discounts on merch and shout outs on the show
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