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Available
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Publication
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
Description
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 be replaced by gay conservative spokespeople and mainstream consumerism. Schulman takes us back to her Lower East Side and brings it to life, filling these pages with vivid memories of her avant-garde queer friends and dramatically recreating the early years of the AIDS crisis as experienced by a political insider. Interweaving personal reminiscence with cogent analysis, Schulman details her experience as a witness to the loss of a generation's imagination and the consequences of that loss.
User reviews
LibraryThing member jwhenderson
This could be titled the "Avant-garde" versus the boors of consumerism, however that would be giving it too much credit. Disappointing as a whole there are moments of true interest and worthwhile sentiment for the loss to humanity resulting from the AIDS crisis.
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — Lesbian Memoir/Biography — 2013)
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Memoir/Biography — 2013)
ISBN
9780520280069