Playbill

July / August, 2013

Welcome to our special summer 2013 double issue, filled with stories and ideas that collectively paint a por­trait of the here and now. For starters, we've reached a watershed moment in gay rights in this country. Poet, novelist and all-around Renaissance man Ishmael Reed turns the debate on its head in Who's Next? Asks Reed, "Should the issue of gay marriage be front and center when the situation of other groups is more desperate?" Interest­ing question, and he's only getting started....