Ep. 54 The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois -- The Stacks Book Club (Ben Blacker)
Ben Blacker is back and we're talking all things theatre and oral history today on The Stacks, as we breakdown The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois. The book is an oral history of Angels in America, a classic American play about the AIDS crisis by Tony Kushner. We discuss government funded art, human rights, and so much theatre geek goodness. Plus, no spoilers. Listen and enjoy.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
The Short Stacks 9: Isaac Butler//The World Only Spins Forward (The Stacks)
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