Gist: A Playwright in the Rust Belt




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Summary: Reading, Pennsylvania is the poorest city of its size in the United States. It’s also where <a href="https://twitter.com/Lynnbrooklyn">Lynn Nottage</a> did most of her research for the Pulitzer-winning Broadway show, <em>Sweat</em>. Nottage talks with guest host <a href="https://twitter.com/craftingmystyle">Aisha Harris</a> about the different kinds of working class in America, and how to maintain empathy when talking with people quite different from yourself.  In the Spiel, why calling something a “woman problem” misses the point.