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Thomas Mallon

Aug 15, 2025 · 44m
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  • Writer Thomas Mallon examines his experiences in his 30s during the early AIDS epidemic in Manhattan, where friends were sick or dead
  • His journals from those years are collected in 'The Very Heart of It' and his novel 'Up with the Sun' is based on a 1950s-60s gay actor's life and murder
  • Episode remembers jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who died at age 96, and Justin Chang reviews Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest'

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