We’re joined today by cultural critic, poet, podcaster, and author Nichole Perkins. Her new book, Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be is a memoir in essays that covers the intimate details of Perkins’ life. We talk on this episode about sex writing, setting boundaries, and intended versus actual audience.
The Stacks Book Club selection for October is Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan, we will discuss the book with October 27th on Nichole Perkins.
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Books
- Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
- The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- White Feminism by Koa Beck
- Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
- How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
- Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister
- They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
- Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
- Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
- Palmares by Gayl Jones
- Before You Suffocate Your Fool Self by Danielle Evans
- Wife by Bharati Mukherjee
- How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
- Alyssa Cole
- Rebekah Weatherspoon
- Tessa Bailey
- Jeaniene Frost
- Richelle Meade
- Loyalty Bookstores (Washington D.C.)
- Reparations Club (Los Angeles, CA)
- Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
- Greenlight Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY)
- Quicksand by Nella Larsen
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon
- Admissions by Kendra James
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Sonia Sanchez
- Lucille Clifton
- Jelly Roll by Kevin Young
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Meaty by Samantha Irby
- Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
Everything Else
- This Is Good for You (Nichole Perkins)
- Prince
- Beyoncé
- Jay-Z
- “If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince
- Sign O’ the Times (Prince)
- “03′ Bonnie and Clyde” by Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé Knowles
- “What It’s Like Being A Black Woman In A Dom/Sub Relationship With A White Man” (Nichole Perkins, Buzzfeed News)
- Thirst Aid Kit (Slate Podcasts)
- Urban Dictionary
- Buzzfeed
- Tracy Clayton
- Desus Nice
- “Ep. 133 Stacks on Stacks with Desus and Mero” (The Stacks)
- Okayplayer
- The Roots
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
- Donwill
- “She Changed Black Literature Forever. Then She Disappeared.” (Imani Perry, The New York Times)
- Netgalley
- Bookshop.org
- Cap’n Crunch
- Passing Trailer (Netflix)
- Waiting to Exhale (Forest Whitaker, 1995)
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