Ep. 251 The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey -- The Stacks Book Club (Chelsea Devantez)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea Devantez, host of the Celebrity Book Club podcast, returns to discuss our January Book Club pick The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis. In breaking down her memoir, we get into Mariah's relationships, her experience of race and her dynamic with her parents. We also couldn't help but compare aspects of Mariah's story to what Prince Harry shares in his new memoir Spare.

Be sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our book club pick will be in February 2023.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:

https://thestackspodcast.com/2023/01/25/ep-251-the-meaning-of-mariah-carey

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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.
0:52.7	Welcome to the stats, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host,
0:56.0	Tracy Thomas, and it is our first book club episode of the year. Today, we're digging into
1:01.1	Mariah Carey's autobiography, the meaning of Mariah Carey written with Michaela Angela Davis.
1:05.7	And we get to dig in with the queen of celebrity memoirs herself, our returning guest, Chelsea
1:10.8	Devantes. You have to check out Chelsea's podcast celebrity book club with Chelsea Devantes to hear
1:15.8	the best takes on all of the celebrity memoirs every other week. Today, we're talking about Mariah Carey,
1:21.8	her relationship to her family, her relationship to her mixed race identity, her famous lovers,
1:26.6	her meltdowns, everything. So there are some minor spoilers on this one. Also because it is
1:32.0	January 2023 and spare by Prince Harry is very much the moment he does make a few appearances in
1:38.6	today's episode. It really only feels right. Listen to the end of today's episode to find out
1:44.6	what our February book club pick will be. Quick reminder, every single thing we talk about on each
1:49.3	episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes. If you love the show and you want
1:53.7	more of it, please, please, please, go to patreon.com slash the stacks and join the stacks pack. It's a
1:58.6	great way to support my work in creating the stacks each week. And once more, you earn perks for
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