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 we are joined by Miriam Gerba, who is here to discuss her powerful new essay collection creep accusations and confessions.

It examines insidious and toxic oppression, which creeps its way through our culture via individuals groups and systems, and it happens all with our own form of audience participation.

Miriam and I talk today about audience, gendered violence, and the gossipy nature of criticism.

Don't forget, our September Book Club pick is Monsters of Fans Dilemma by Claire Dieterer, Brittany Loose, and I will be back to discuss the book on Wednesday, September 27th.

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

And while you're there, be sure to leave the stacks of reading and a review. I haven't asked for one in a long time, but it really does help the show out.

September marks two years of making the stacks as an independent podcast. I am so, so, so grateful to be able to make this show that I love the way that I want to, thanks to the support of the stacks pack on Patreon.

This community not only gives me space to hire a team of incredibly talented folks, high Christian and Lauren, and also provides me a community of so many other book lovers to engage around books, politics, and of course snacks.

The stacks pack has allowed me to push my thinking to boundaries I never knew possible.

So if you like the show or you like books or you like snacks and you want to be a part of a community that is excited by all of those things and a lot more head to patreon.com slash the stacks and join the stacks pack.

It is just five dollars a month and you get to be part of making this show possible plus you get perks like our virtual book club meetups are discord that has the best book recommendations ever and our monthly bonus episodes, which currently have been audio from our two or stops, which are amazing.

And of course, you get shout outs on this very show. So shout out to our newest members of the stacks pack, Tara, Catherine McGuinness, and Ada Norris.

Thank you all so much for joining the stacks pack and thank you again to every single person in the stacks pack. You are what makes this show what it is to join us head to patreon.com slash the stacks and remember it is never too late to support the people who are making the work that you love.

All right, now it is time for my conversation with Miriam Gerba.

All right, everybody, I am so excited today. I am joined by Miriam Gerba. She is the author of a brand new book called Creep. It's an essay collection.

I'm going to let her tell you all about it, but just know it's very, very fantastic. Miriam, welcome to the stacks.

Thank you. I'm so excited to talk with you.

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