ACT's SWEAT by Lynne Nottage: Beyond the Theatre
A Contemporary Theatre presents SWEAT by Lynne Nottage from March 20 – April 12, 2020. Librarians at The Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, films and websites to enhance your experience of the show.
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Sweat
The script of SWEAT, for your reading pleasure.
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Blue Collar, White Collar, No Collar
A profound and groundbreaking anthology exploring resonant themes of employment, service, and daily obligations as unique windows into our culture, our society, and our very humanity.
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Shame
While shame is at least a small part of everyone's life, it can be a source of empowerment for change, writes psychotherapist Burgo in this approachable book. Instead of minimizing feelings of shame and self-hatred, he argues, readers should embrace these emotions.
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Come Here Often?
A collection of appreciations of bars--some closed, some still in business--that have impacted the authors' lives.
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Conflict Resolution
Although conflict is normal, people often make it worse by how they react. This program showcases the top ten conflict starters and presents behaviors or actions that could be used instead of the conflict starters to prevent or resolve the conflict.
Format: Streaming Video
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The News
We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton, but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives.
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There Is Power in A Union
"From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day." --Doubleday
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Manufacturing Decline
Jason Hackworth offers a powerful critique of the role of Rust Belt cities in American political discourse, arguing that antigovernment conservatives capitalized on--and perpetuated--these cities' misfortunes by stoking racial resentment.
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The Second Chance Club
A former parole officer shines a bright light on a huge yet hidden part of our justice system through the intertwining stories of seven parolees striving to survive the chaos that awaits them after prison in this illuminating and dramatic book.
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Drink
Combining in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, the award-winning journalist Ann Dowsett Johnston tells of maintaining her high-powered career as a vice principal of McGill University while wrestling with the demon that defeated her own mother: alcohol addiction.
Format: Downloadable Audiobook
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