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Plagues, Pandemics, and Disease in History and Historical Fiction 

....In case you have some time on your hands for a little light reading. 

Angels In America, by Tony Kushner: a monumental drama set during the worst of the AIDS crisis; an audio production featuring the cast of the 2018 National Theatre revival is available from Libro.fm. 

Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks: a historical novel set in a small English village in 1666

Plagues and Peoples, by William H. McNeill: influential world history through the lens of disease and pandemic 

Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson: middle grade novel about Philadelphia in the grip of Yellow Fever 

A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe: a fictionalized account from a first hand witness of 17th century plague in London 

Fever Year, by Don Brown: nonfiction graphic novel on the Spanish flu

How To Survive a Plague, by David France: the grassroots response to AIDS 

Pale Rider, by Laura Spinney: the international impact of the Spanish Flu 

A Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland: Chaucer’s pilgrims reimagined in a society stalked by plague 

In the Wake of the Plague, by Norman F. Cantor: how the Black Death shaped European society 

In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters: Young adult novel set amidst the Spiritualist surge that accompanied the Spanish Flu and World War I

Typhoid Mary, by Judith Walzer Leavitt: part social history, part biography, part medical mystery from the early days of epidemiology 

The Plague, by Albert Camus: the classic novel of Bubonic Plague in an Algerian town 

And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts: iconic investigative reporting on the AIDS crisis 

The Book of Boy, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock: middle grade historical fantasy that chases around Europe disrupted by the Black Death 

The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston: the origin and spread of Ebola 

The Last Hours, by Minette Walters: 14th century novel about trying to socially isolate the plague away 

Bring Out Your Dead, by J.H. Powell: history of yellow fever in Philadelphia 

The Great Plague: A People’s History, by Evelyn Lord: an intimate history of the Bubonic Plague in Britain 

An excellent watch. Enjoyed hearing all about his writing process! Gorgeous shots of live performances and in-depth dives into Bird’s band. Appearances made by Dosh and St. Vincent.

So. Although I am very confused, I'm just going to accept it without any questions.

Guess what I'm watching in all of its glory?

"The result .... is a compilation of rich colors, beautiful transitions, clean framing and lines, with physical shots you can feel. 'It’s about mood, tone, color', says Aranda. 'The more you scale it up, the more at risk you are,' says Aranda, who claims,“all my projects are about being on the frontier”

Join director Xan Aranda on Closing Night of the Frequency Film Festival in San Diego on April 6th!