Ep. 425 Why Do People Repeatedly Kill with Imani Thompson

About this episode

Imani Thompson discusses her debut novel, exploring themes of feminism and violence.

Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by author Imani Thompson to discuss her debut novel, Honey . This book follows Yrsa, a Black PhD student whose accidental murder of a problematic male professor awakens her thirst for killing men in the name of feminism. We talk about her journey of writing this book, the academic theory that inspired it, and the key differences between individual and state-sanctioned violence. The Stacks Book Club pick for May is Lonely Crowds by Stephanie Wambugu. We’ll be discussing the book with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on Wednesday, May 27. You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/2026/5/20/ep-425-imani-thompson Connect with Imani: Instagram Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Threads | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Substack | Youtube | Subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Traci Thomas

Guest: Imani Thompson

Topics covered

• feminism
• violence
• academic theory
• murder
• debut novel

Keywords

• Imani Thompson
• Honey
• feminism
• murder
• academic theory
• Lonely Crowds

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Honey, Lonely Crowds

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