"Clever word craft, poetic political satire and biting humor on every page."?Publishers WeeklyThe paperback edition of Sarah Schulman's dystopian satire about urban mores set in New York sometime in t
“Schulman crafts a piercing investigation into desire, mores, and the law.”—Publishers Weekly“An important work of American literature. That this is probably not how the book will be handled, reviewed
Although acceptance of difference is on the rise in America, it’s the rare gay or lesbian person who has not been demeaned because of his or her sexual orientation, and this experience usually
My American History contains pieces written between 1981 and 1992, that document the expectations and imaginations of activists as they struggled, under impossible odds and an ever-growing opposition,
"Hilarious, hard-core . . . makes Bright Lights, Big City and Less Than Zero seem thin and dated."?Publishers WeeklyA new edition of Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel, a noirish tale about a no-no
"This novel is book club gold. . . . The Cosmopolitans is a great group read—weighty dilemmas, unforgettable characters, and a roller-coaster plot!"—Tayari Jones, author ofSilver Spa
"This novel is book club gold. . . . The Cosmopolitans is a great group read—weighty dilemmas, unforgettable characters, and a roller-coaster plot!"—Tayari Jones, author ofSilver Spa
"Sarah Schulman's Maggie Terry is a page-turning murder mystery, yes. Yet what makes it so compelling and unique is Maggie herself—a lovesick recovering addict, grieving for her former life. Her searc
From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated accusations of harm are used to avoid accountability. Illuminating the difference between Conflict an
In this gripping memoir of the AIDS years (1981?1996), Sarah Schulman recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to b
Provocative, observant, and daring, this 1992 novel by one of America’s preeminent lesbian writers and thinkers is being reissued for the Little Sister’s Classics series. Anna O. is a loner in New Yor
In Stagestruck noted novelist and outspoken critic Sarah Schulman offers an account of her growing awareness of the startling similarities between her novel People in Trouble and the smash Broadway hi
In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Invited to Israel to
In this gripping memoir of the AIDS years (1981-1996), Sarah Schulman recalls how much of the rebellious queer culture, cheap rents, and a vibrant downtown arts movement vanished almost overnight to b
Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a
“More persuasively than any other contemporary novelist, Sarah Schulman traces the ways in which the disenfranchisement that begins as a political evil pervades every aspect of life, from the metaphys
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. This is not reverent, definitive history. This is a tactician's bible. --Parul Sehgal, The New York TimesA masterpiece of historical research and intellectual analysis that creates many windows into both a vanished world and the one that emerged from it, the one we live in now. --Alexander Chee Twenty years in the making, Sarah Schulman's Let the Record Show is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism In 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
This reissued novel takes readers on a "wry and playful" (Out!) tour of lesbian sex, politics, and art in New York City. The city's sizzling -- especially at the Kitsch-Inn, where the girls are mount
In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Invited to Israel to
