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, and it is the stacks book club day.

We are joined again by Ingrid Rojas-Contreras, the author of the man who could move clouds, and you can catch Ingrid's first appearance on the show back on our August 3rd episode.

Ingrid is here to talk about our book club pick, which is how to write an autobiographical novel, a collection of essays by Alexander Chi.

It's Chi's own meditation on creating art, life, politics, and how all of that intersects with his identities as a gay Korean American artist and activist.

Through the collection, Ingrid and I talk about the relationship between the reader and the writer.

We talk about what it means to live a life well lived, and how Chi cleverly can make just about anything about writing.

Oh, and make sure you listen through the end of the episode to find out what our book club pick for September will be.

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

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

You'll get bonus episodes of the show like our most recent one with author T.O. Williams.

You'll get access to our lively discord community, discounts on merch, and of course, you'll get to be part of the stacks monthly virtual book club.

If those perks sound exciting to you or you just really want to show your love for this little black woman run indie book podcast, head to patreon.com slash the stacks to join.

A quick thank you to our newest members of the stacks pack Maria Andrea Belmont and Maya Wellbell.

Thank you both so much and thank you as always to the incredible wonderful, extremely lovely stacks pack.

And now it's time for my book club chat with Ingrid Rojas' Contreras on Alexander Cheese collection of essays.

How to write an autobiographical novel.

Alright everyone, it is the stacks book club day. I am joined again by the wonderful, talented, creative, exciting Ingrid Rojas Contreras, who is the author of the man who could move clouds. Ingrid, welcome back to the stacks.

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