Ep. 62 Tinderbox by Robert W. Fieseler -- The Stacks Book Club (Joseph Papa)
Today on The Stacks we're discussing Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert W. Fieseler. Author (Elizabeth Taylor, A Life for Passion ) and former book publicist, Joseph Papa, is our guest and he helps us break down this book. We discuss the use of the acronym LGBTQIA+, how society criminalizes human beings, and some of the most incredible ten pages of writing we've ever read.
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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
Tinderbox by Robert W. Fieseler
"The Short Stacks 13: Robert W. Fieseler//Tinderbox" (The Stacks)
The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor H. Green
Matthew Shepard (The New York Times)
When We Rise by Cleve Jones
Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2009)
When We Rise (ABC)
Queer Clout by Timothy Stewart-Winter
Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride
And the Band Played On by Randy Shiltz
When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan
The View Upstairs (Max Vernon)
Green Book (Peter Farrelly, 2018)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer, 2018)
Manson by Jeff Guinn
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
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