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 today is the stacks book club day. We are joined again by Anthony Christian Ocampo, professor and author of the new book, Brown & Gay & LA.

He's back to help me dig into the memoir, Fairest by Meredith Toulouseon. The book explores the intersections of gender, identity, race, immigration, and sexuality, along with the author's experience of albinism and coming out as trans in the early 2000s.

On the episode, you're going to hear Anthony and I share our very different experiences reading Toulouseon's story.

And we engage in some lively debate and criticism over representation, the responsibility of the memoirist, and even what it's like to disagree on a text with someone whose opinion you really respect.

There are definitely spoilers in this episode. Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our November book club pick will be.

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

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

The stacks is an independent podcast, which means I rely on listeners like you to make the show possible every single week.

In addition to knowing you're supporting a book podcast that you love, you also earn perks like our monthly virtual book club, bonus episodes,

and access to our extremely lively and informative discord plus discounts on merch and a bunch of other things.

So if you'd like to be a part of this wonderful bookish community, head to patreon.com slash the stacks and of course a quick moment to thank our newest members, Audrey van, Brianna, Jasmine Hoff, Chris to Hillhouse, Casey and Caroline Bishop.

Thank you all so so much and thank you to the entire stacks back.

All right, now it's time for my conversation with Anthony Christiano Comfo on the book, fairest by Meredith to lose on.

All right, everybody.

I am so excited. I am joined again today by author, professor, sociologist, friend of the pod, Anthony Christiano Comfo, Anthony.

Welcome back to the stacks. I'm so happy to be back. Thank you for having me again.

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