Strip club … or culture hub?

What happens behind the closed doors of a strip club? Pole dancing, booming basslines … and in Nic Stone’s new novel, the chilling mystery of a missing exotic dancer. In Boom Town , the manager of a fictional Atlanta strip club sets out to find a missing dancer named Charm. The book offers a shadowy taste of Atlanta’s notorious adult entertainment scene … but it’s also a look into the lives of the regular women who live and dance in the city. This week, Nic joins Mattea Roach to talk about growing up in Atlanta, why strip clubs are cultural epicentres and writing her first novel for adults. Liked this conversation? Keep listening: Pitbull, Scarface and a whale walk into a book Here’s what you have wrong about teen moms Check us out on Instagram @cbcbooks and TikTok @cbcbooks

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Strip club … or culture hub? is an episode from Writers and Company from CBC Radio by CBC.

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This episode was published on Mar 8, 2026.

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