{"product_id":"let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993-paperback","title":"Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe 2022 Lambda Literary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLGBTQ Nonfiction Award and the 2022 NLGJA Excellence in Book Writing Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize, and the ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e A 2021 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of NPR, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2021, one of \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e's Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2021, one of \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e's Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2021, one of NBC's 10 Most Notable LGBTQ Books of 2021, and one of \u003ci\u003eGay Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Best LGBTQ Books of 2021. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is not reverent, definitive history. This is a tactician's bible.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eParul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's \u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show \u003c\/i\u003eis the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. They stormed the FDA and NIH in Washington, DC, and started needle exchange programs in New York; they took over Grand Central Terminal and fought to change the legal definition of AIDS to include women; they transformed the American insurance industry, weaponized art and advertising to push their agenda, and battled--and beat--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the Catholic Church, and the pharmaceutical industry. Their activism, in its complex and intersectional power, transformed the lives of people with AIDS and the bigoted society that had abandoned them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on more than two hundred interviews with ACT UP members and rich with lessons for today's activists, \u003ci\u003eLet the Record Show\u003c\/i\u003e is a revelatory exploration--and long-overdue reassessment--of the coalition's inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture. Schulman, one of the most revered queer writers and thinkers of her generation, explores the how and the why, examining, with her characteristic rigor and bite, how a group of desperate outcasts changed America forever, and in the process created a livable future for generations of people across the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than twenty works of fiction (including \u003ci\u003eThe Cosmopolitans, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRat Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaggie Terry\u003c\/i\u003e), nonfiction (including \u003ci\u003eStagestruck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConflict is Not Abuse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gentrification of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e), and theater (\u003ci\u003eCarson McCullers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManic Flight Reaction\u003c\/i\u003e, and more), and the producer and screenwriter of several feature films (\u003ci\u003eThe Owls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMommy Is Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnited in Anger\u003c\/i\u003e, among others). Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets. She is a Distinguished Professor of Humanities at College of Staten Island, a Fellow at the New York Institute of Humanities, the recipient of multiple fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and was presented in 2018 with Publishing Triangle's Bill Whitehead Award. She is also the cofounder of the MIX New York LGBT Experimental Film and Video Festival, and the co-director of the groundbreaking ACT UP Oral History Project. A lifelong New Yorker, she is a longtime activist for queer rights and female empowerment, and serves on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 752\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stonewall Book Award (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987467436333,"sku":"9781250849120","price":24.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aWNaaTJsamJRVG1Cai9GK1J5NVFmUT09.webp?v=1776178882","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}