All right, we are down to our last three cities for the live in the stacks tour, and if the first two stops were any indication, you do not want to miss this tour.

I will be in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th. I will be in New York City with KSA layman on September 25th, and I will be in Los Angeles on October 18th with three guests.

Yes, three guests, three of my favorite friends of the podcast, Rachel Lindsay, Chelsea Devantes, and Sam Sanders.

The show promises a night of big laughs, hot takes, and more bookish conversation than you could possibly imagine.

Tickets are selling fast, so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour right now before they sell out.

Welcome to the stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host, Tracy Thomas.

This episode we are joined by W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz. W. Kamau Bell is an Emmy award-winning comedian and TV host who helms United Chades of America on CNN, as well as the man behind the We Need to Talk About Cosby documentary series.

Kate Schatz is a New York Times best-selling author, feminist activist, and creator of the Radwomen Book Series, a children's book for everyone.

They are the co-authors of a brand new book called Do the Work, an anti-resist activity book. It's an illustrated educational workbook for adults, which offers a fresh and very interactive approach to understanding systemic racism and the methods for dismantling it.

Quick reminder, everything we talk about on today's episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes.

And our book club pick for August is How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chi. We will discuss this book of essays on August 31st with Ingrid Rojas' Contreras.

If you love this show and want more of it, head to patreon.com slash the stacks to join the stacks pack.

If you join, you get access to our virtual book club meetups, the stacks lively discord chat, and our monthly bonus episodes.

Our most recent bonus episode was with Tia Williams, author of Seven Days in June. We talk about romance, soda water, and so much more.

So if this sounds like something you'd be interested in or you just want to show love for this black woman run indie book podcast, head to patreon.com slash the stacks to join.

I want to say a huge thank you to our newest members of the stacks pack, Lacey Ward, Moni B, Serita Gonzalez, Sarah, and Crystal Armstrong.

Thank you all so much, and of course, thank you to every single member of the stacks pack.

Now it's time for my chat with W Kamal Bell and Kate Shots.

Alright everyone, I am thrilled to welcome co-authors today to the show Kate Shots and W Kamal Bell.

They are the authors of Do the Work, which is an anti-resist activity book, which I am very excited to talk about.

Welcome to the stacks. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

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