Ep. 248 For the Love of Celebrity Memoirs with Chelsea Devantez
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Comedian and Emmy-nominated TV and film writer Chelsea Devantez joins our first Stacks episode of 2023. Her Celebrity Book Club podcast breaks down celeb memoirs with a roster of Chelsea's funniest friends. We get into how Chelsea started the show, and why she wants to spend time lifting up the stories of the rich and famous. We also ask ourselves why we love to hate these books so much.
The Stacks Book Club selection for January is The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis. We will discuss the book on January 25th with Chelsea Devantez.
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| 0:00.0 | You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway. |
| 0:03.8 | We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games, |
| 0:08.8 | cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live |
| 0:15.3 | in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th |
| 0:21.6 | in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA |
| 0:26.9 | Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be |
| 0:33.6 | announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour |
| 0:40.4 | and get your tickets before we sell out. |
| 0:52.6 | Welcome to the stacks podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:55.8 | I'm your host Tracy Thomas and it is our first episode of 2023. Welcome back party people. |
| 1:01.5 | Today I'm speaking with Chelsea Devontas. Chelsea is a stand-up comedian, actor, |
| 1:06.0 | Emmy-nominated TV writer and filmmaker. She's also the host of the celebrity book club with |
| 1:11.6 | Chelsea Devontas podcast where she breaks down and recaps some of the best and worst celebrity |
| 1:17.2 | memoirs. Today Chelsea and I talk about the role of celebrity memoirs in the culture, |
| 1:22.4 | her forthcoming book of essays and a few celebrity memoirs we simply cannot wait to read. |
| 1:28.0 | Our January book club selection is the meaning of Mariah Carey written by Mariah Carey with |
| 1:32.5 | Michaela Angela Davis. We will discuss it on January 25th with Chelsea Devontas. |
| 1:38.1 | Quick reminder everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link |
| 1:42.0 | in the show notes and we now offer episode transcripts which you can also find in the show notes. |
| 1:48.8 | New year, new you, right? Well why not jump on the stacks pack this year and support the work |
| 1:53.8 | of this podcast. The stacks is a completely independent black woman run podcast and we rely on the |
| 1:59.1 | support of listeners to make this show every single week. When you join the stacks pack for as |
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