Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-04-28
Books mentioned on Democrats: Pay Attention to What’s Happening in California
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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And the Band Played on
And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts is a sweeping and deeply reported historical account of the early years of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the institutional failures that worsened the crisis.
Recommended“one is a book called and the band played on by Randy Schultz which is I think the definitive authoritative uh history of the public health debacle that fueled the HIV aids crisis and you can learn a lot about what not to do when you have a public health problem or a pandemic”
Where to get it
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The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros is a celebrated coming-of-age novel told through a series of poignant vignettes following a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago.
Recommended“another is a book called The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros it's an amazing book of vignettes about this teenage girl her upbringing and it ties in a lot about what it means to live in inadequate housing and people's dreams and aspirations about housing”
Where to get it
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2)
The Great Hunt is the second installment in Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time, which follows complex characters through a richly detailed world on the brink of apocalyptic conflict.
Recommended“and then I want to just do a shout out for um for all of the fantasy nerds out there because I am a fantasy nerds um and the series uh The Wheel of Time which is one of the just going old school there it's old school but you know what I love about it this it was written”
Where to get it
