Sarah Schulman Bücher

In der zeitgenössischen New Yorker Szenerie erzählt "Die Boheme der Ratten" die Geschichte von Rita Mae Weems, einer Frau aus Queens, die als Rattenbekämpferin für die Gesundheitsbehörde arbeitet. Während sie gegen Budgetkürzungen für die Schädlingsbekämpfung und Straßenbeleuchtung ankämpft, verliebt sich ihre beste Freundin Killer, eine Berufspflanzenwässerin, in den charmanten und geheimnisvollen Troy Ruby. David, ein HIV-positiver Schriftsteller, ringt darum, die Wahrheit über das Leben mit AIDS zu erzählen, während seine Familie sich von seinen täglichen Bemühungen, am Leben zu bleiben, abwendet. Durch die Perspektiven von Rita, David und Killer beleuchtet Schulman die spezifischen und verheerenden Weisen, wie schwule Menschen von ihren Familien verlassen werden – ein Thema, das bisher nicht in die öffentliche Diskussion über AIDS eingegangen ist – sowie die enorm kreativen und mutigen Wege, auf denen Schwule und Lesben trotz dieses Verlustes ihr Leben führen.

Leben am Rand ist ein Roman über AIDS, über das Leben der Obdachlosen in New York, und über drei Menschen, einen Mann, seine Frau und deren Geliebte.

Maggie Terry hat den Tiefpunkt erreicht. Gerade aus der Reha in die Welt entlassen, Exfreundin und Tochter sind schon lange weg, muss sie einen neuen Job in einer Anwaltskanzlei antreten, denn ihre Karriere bei der New Yorker Polizei ist unwiderruflich futsch. Nun heißt es den Anschluss an die Gegenwart wiederfinden. Am ersten Tag von Maggies neuem beruflichem Dasein stattet Broadway-Bühnenstar Lucy Horne der Kanzlei einen Besuch ab. Maggie soll diskret den Mord an einer Komparsin untersuchen – die Schauspielerin Jamie Wagner wurde erwürgt –, und Lucy präsentiert auch einen Verdächtigen, den bekannten Schriftsteller Steven Brinkley. Ein Verbrechen aus Leidenschaft? Maggie Terry kämpft mühsam um Bodenhaftung, pendelt zwischen Narcotics Anonymous-Treffen, irrationalen Stalking-Aktionen ihrer treulosen Ex und dem Versuch zu verstehen, was mit ihr und der Welt passiert ist …

"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 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--The New York Times, 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." --

The Lesbian Avenger Handbook contains everything a budding troublemaker needs to know. From how to hold a meeting to a step-by-step guide to mind-blowing actions. With new content essential for activists and historians alike.

This insightful exploration delves into the harsh realities of gentrification and its dehumanizing effects on communities. Through a critical lens, the author examines the social and economic implications of urban transformation, making a compelling case for the urgent need to address these issues. The narrative is both thought-provoking and essential, shedding light on the often-overlooked consequences of gentrification that impact lives and neighborhoods.

At once a memoir, a call to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, and an argument for queer solidarity across borders, this book tells the story of how novelist and activist Sarah Schulman's became aware of how issues of the Israeli occupation of Palestine were tied to her own gay and lesbian politics.

In this groundbreaking book, playwright and social critic Sarah Schulman explores the family, the first place where all people: straight, gay, and bisexual, learn homophobia. It is within the family that homophobia begins to control the lives of perpetrators and recipients. Written in the tradition of Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (Ballantine Books, 2000), which transformed rape from a private problem into an internationally recognised cultural crisis. Ties That Bind uncovers the hidden crime of `familial homophobia' and moves it into the open.

This hilarious, unpredictable, sexy novel is a fascinating journey into the storefronts, underground clubs, and back alleys of New York's Lower East Side lesbian subculture. And Sarah Schulman, writing in sharp, immediate, insightful prose, has created a wonderfully modern, totally original heroine.

Sarah Schulman illuminates the differences between Conflict and Abuse in this revelatory book that addresses the contemporary culture of scapegoating.

PAPERBACK EDITION Sarah Schulman's acclaimed dystopian satire about urban mores is set in New York sometime in the future, when the city has morphed into an idealized version of itself: rent is cheap, homelessness is nonexistent, and the only job left is in marketing. But all is not as it seems, when a murder is committed by a prominent New Yorker and the resulting trial transfixes the city. Sparkling with witty and provocative social commentary, The Mere Future is a startingly sharp-eyed prophecy of the world to come. Kessler Award winner Schulman's other books include Rat Bohemia, The Child, Empathy, and Ties that Bind (The New Press).