Ep. 54 The World Only Spins Forward by Isaac Butler and Dan Kois — The Stacks Book Club (Ben Blacker)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | All right, we're back with another episode of the stacks with me, Tr me Tracy Thomas your host. |
| 0:13.4 | Today we've brought back author and podcaster Ben Blacker |
| 0:16.6 | for the Stacks Book Club. |
| 0:18.0 | We'll be discussing the world only spins forward |
| 0:20.3 | by Isaac Butler and Dan Coise, which is an oral history of Tony Kushner's play, Angels |
| 0:25.3 | in America. |
| 0:26.3 | You can hear more about this book on the Short Stacks when we interviewed Isaac Butler |
| 0:29.8 | a few weeks back. |
| 0:31.3 | More on the book later, but first, just a reminder to get your book |
| 0:34.2 | recommendations from the Stacks. We've got a new segment called Ask the Stacks. You |
| 0:38.3 | send us an email with what you're looking for in a book, maybe a few books you've |
| 0:41.9 | liked or disliked, and then we'll give you |
| 0:44.0 | personalized book recommendations on the air. So email asking the stacks at Gmail.com. |
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