Karen
This is a behemoth of a book at 645 pages. It's very readable history of ACT UP New York, with interviews from surviving members of ACT UP, pages of photos, and appendices for primary source documents. Unlike some histories, this one contains the personal voice and perspective of the author, who was also an active member of ACT UP. Schulman covers ACT UP's meeting format, the affinity groups and other interest groups that formed, planning and execution of actions, and the tensions that formed between the group of ACT UP members who would meet and work with government and pharmaceutical companies and those who carried out the disruptive protests and actions in the streets (and workplaces, and churches, and news organizations...). It was completely fascinating.
This is a behemoth of a book at 645 pages. It's very readable history of ACT UP New York, with interviews from surviving members of ACT UP, pages of photos, and appendices for primary source documents. Unlike some histories, this one contains the personal voice and perspective of the author, who was also an active member of ACT UP. Schulman covers ACT UP's meeting format, the affinity groups and other interest groups that formed, planning and execution of actions, and the tensions that formed between the group of ACT UP members who would meet and work with government and pharmaceutical companies and those who carried out the disruptive protests and actions in the streets (and workplaces, and churches, and news organizations...). It was completely fascinating.