{"product_id":"let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993-9781250849120","title":"Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/John Kenneth Galbriath Award for Nonfiction, the Gotham Book Prize, and the ALA Stonewall Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award. 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\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250849120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book","brand":"Sarah Schulman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41968445653173,"sku":"9781250849120","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5b1720a0-2445-493f-903a-8a50e4bfef5a.jpg?v=1647958048","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/let-the-record-show-a-political-history-of-act-up-new-york-1987-1993-9781250849120","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}