Join us for the last episode of season 3! We're discussing why we love our hometown fave Zadie Smith and her sprawling novels. We covered 'White Teeth', 'On Beauty' and her essay collection 'Intimations'. We also took a moment to reflect on the
Join us for the penultimate episode of the season as we explore identity, gender fluidity, and the power of creative expression through the works of the inimitable Akwaeke Emezi. We'll be discussing the semi-autobiographical "Freshwater," the p
This week we took a break from fiction and read the work of writer, activist and academic Angela Davis. The thing that concerned us the most was just how relevant her work is today. Join us as we discuss 'Freedom Is A Constant Struggle', 'Are P
This week we're discussing Buchi Emecheta who was a social worker and writer (often considered the first successful black woman novelist living in Britain after 1948). We've actually discussed her on the pod before and talked a lot about mother
This week we read the incredible Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist & essayist (& gardener!), and she got us thinking about parent-child relationships, the nature of British tourism, and as always we end up circling right back to colon
For this week's episode (coincidently landing on World Poetry Day!) we dive into the world of Vietnamese American poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, and explore some of the key themes that resonate throughout his work - the immigrant experience, th
This week, we're cracking open the pages of a truly under-appreciated legend: Zora Neale Hurston. We'll be diving into respectability politics and the complexities of her relationship with the Harlem Renaissance, her choice to write in vernacul
Join us for our first live episode ever in collaboration with the Africa Writes festival and the Royal African Society! We spoke to Peace Adzo Medie about her latest novel Nightbloom, the power of walks and life in Ho, Ghana. We wanted to celeb
Things got a little deep in the studio this week as we discussed the life and works of Joan Didion. Join us as we explore her most impactful works, including ‘Play It As It Lays’ & ’The Year of Magical Thinking’, and Ziporah comes to terms with
This week we're talking all things Sally Rooney and asking ourselves where IS the beautiful world we were promised as adolescents? What we enjoy most about Sally Rooney's books is how she's able to hone in on how class impacts the details of ou
In the first episode of the season, join us as we dig into the life and novels of THE James Baldwin: author, activist, playwright, and icon (and apparently ex-pastor). As a champion and friend of so many of our faves (Maya Angelou, Toni Morriso
Amanda and Ziporah are back! Join us for season three of Stacked, where we dive into the lives of literary giants like James Baldwin, Joan Didion, and Zadie Smith. This season isn't just about their writing, but the unique experiences that fuel
Hi friends! Did you miss us? Join hosts Amanda & Ziporah for a special end-of-year reading wrap up as we look back on 2023...and what a year it's been. We dive into our Top 3 books of the year, as well as the reading habits we've picked up (and
It's the final episode of the season! This week we're talking about the books that have revolutionised us personally in some way and also revolutionary books as a genre. Join us as we discuss whether it's important to read the books that have r
This week we're talking about poetry! Join us for a conversation on some of our favourite poems, and poets such as Warsan Shire, Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath, John Agard and much more.Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Inst
This week, join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as we talk about the significant and impressive impact that Booktok has had on the publishing industry, and also discuss one of its darlings...Colleen Hoover! We read 'It Ends With Us', and hilarity ensu
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah this week as they discuss their literary blindspots (the perspectives we miss when we cling to the genres, contexts and archetypes we're used to) and how they plan on moving towards a more holistic library. Contact
This week hosts Amanda & Ziporah discuss classics such as 'Lolita' by Vladamir Nabokov, 'The Catcher in the Rye' by JD Salinger and 'Infinite Jest' by David Foster Wallace as they question whether something really can be considered a 'red flag
This week we're throwing it all the way back to our childhood faves (Roald Dahl, CS Lewis, Jacqueline Wilson, 'Lemony Snicket', etc.) and talking about why we loved them! Join us as we also discuss the books we would recommend for ourselves in
This week Stacked is taking a break from regularly scheduled programming to share Amanda's short story 'Our Father'. Hope you enjoy!Contact us at thestackedpod@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram at: Stacked - https://www.instagram.com/thestac
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they address why they are not drawn to traditional self-help books, their concerns about the genre and share other (and probably better) ways to seek out self-development in books. Contact us at thestackedpod@gm
Join hosts Amanda and Ziporah as they discuss and reminisce over some of their favourite short stories (covering stories from writers like Angela Carter, Alice Walker and Tobias Wolff) while they try to figure out exactly what it is about short
This week we’re going to bat for Sally Rooney and ‘The Husband’ in The Three of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams - our second guest of the season! And also the first author to ever make Ziporah side with a man. Join Amanda and Ziporah (and Ore!) as th
This week, we've got cancel culture and accountability on the brain and we're asking the big questions; can we separate the art from the artist? Should we even be trying to? Is cancel culture real?....and most importantly, does still loving Har
This week we invited Nancy Adimora, founding editor of AFREADA, to discuss why literary magazines are not to be slept on! Join Amanda and Ziporah as they talk some of their favourite magazines and why they’re important for them as readers and e