Ep. 212 Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston - The Stacks Book Club (Nate Marshall)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

We welcome back Nate Marshall today to discuss Cortney Lamar Charleston's poetry collection Doppelgangbanger, which grapples with the tensions that impact a Black boy's struggle through self-destructive definitions of manhood. We discuss the narratives around coming of age in the suburbs and the city, and ask ourselves, is there really such a thing as an objectively good poem?

Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our May 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
0:57.7	It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out
1:14.7	Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them
1:17.8	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and it's the stacks book club day and it is the last week of national poetry month
1:24.2	And I am thrilled to welcome back Nate Marshall author of the poetry collections wild hundreds and finna
1:31.4	Today we discussed doppelgang banger by Chicago poet Courtney Lamar Charleston
1:36.5	doppelgang banger is an exploration of imposed for self-defined American black
1:41.2	Masculinity and its intersections with family and community about how rigid form actually is in poetry and I ask me the ever
1:50.0	Important question what makes a poem good
1:53.6	Quick reminder everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link to the show notes and stay tuned till the end of this
2:00.9	episode to find out what our may book club pick will be
2:04.5	Listen if you love the show and want more of it join the stacks pack our exclusive community for all you book lovers out
2:11.6	We have an awesome discord community monthly virtual book club conversation and bonus episodes plus you get discounts on merch and a lot more
2:19.7	Not to mention the stacks is an entirely independent podcast
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