Ep. 286 Monsters by Claire Dederer -- The Stacks Book Club (Brittany Luse)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Arts, Society & Culture, Books, Literature

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

We're thrilled to welcome back podcaster Brittany Luse to discuss Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer for The Stacks Book Club. We discuss how race does and doesn't show up in the book, and what worked for us versus what didn't. We also consider the nature of punishment and redemption when it comes to monstrous celebrities, and ask whose genius we miss out on when we make space for the monsters.

Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out what our book club pick will be for October 2023.

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0:00.0	All right, the live in the stack store is on its last leg literally. We only have one show left
0:08.5	Join me in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 18th with three of my favorite ever podcast guests and friends of this show
0:16.2	We are gonna be joined by Rachel Lindsey. Yes, that Rachel Lindsey the first black bachelor at also
0:22.2	She is an author a podcaster a TV host and a wonderful human being
0:26.4	We're gonna be joined by Sam Sanders podcast host journalist and I think arguably the cultural critic of our time and
0:33.7	The wonderful hilarious and super duper smart Chelsea Devantes who is an any nominated TV writer, comedian director and of course the host of
0:42.6	Glamrs trash formerly known as the celebrity book club podcast
0:46.6	We are going to have a blast bringing this tour to a close and not to mention that our friends from reparations book club
0:52.6	One of my favorite bookstores here in L.A. is curating a pop-up bookshop of our dreams
0:57.7	It's not too late to get your tickets head to the stacks podcast dot com slash tour before they sell out
1:14.9	Welcome to the stacks a podcast about books and the people who read them
1:17.9	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today is the stacks book club day
1:22.9	We're welcoming back fellow podcaster Britney loose who hosts MPRs. It's been a minute
1:28.8	She is here to help me break down monsters a fans dilemma by Claire Deeterer
1:34.3	Monsters is an expansion of the author's
1:36.7	2017 viral Paris review essay entitled what do we do with the art of monstrous men
1:42.6	Part memoir and part inquiry this book forces the reader to think deeply about what we're willing to accept from our favorite artists and celebrities
1:50.6	Today, Brittany and I talk about the many questions and ideas that this book brought up for us from monstrous women in their relationship to motherhood
1:58.0	To our collective love of punishment. There are no spoilers on today's episode
2:03.3	Make sure you listen through to the end of the episode to find out what our October book club pick will be quick reminder
2:08.5	Everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be found in the link in the show notes
2:13.0	Also while you're there will you go ahead and leave the stacks a rating and a review it goes a long way to helping folks find this
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