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Wow. This book is tremendous. Don’t let its size intimidate. Let the Record Show is stuffed with fascinating anecdotes and really brilliant investigations and explanations of various aspects of ACT UP’s activities and internal dynamics. But it’s also approachable. It’s not dry, it doesn’t pander, and every section has something to hold anyone’s attention. A must-read.

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

dfinlay's review

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

pattricejones's review

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5.0

I will never stop being grateful to Sarah Schulman for this book. Every page is a mitzvah.

Read this book if you were in ACTUP/NY or (like me) one of the many ACTUP chapters elsewhere.

Read this book if you were queer, an injection drug user, or otherwise outcast in the late 80s and early 90s.

Read every single word of this book if you were a straight adult who did nothing to help us during those years.

Read this book if you are an activist of any sort, because you need to understand how a "diverse group of individuals, united in anger" used direct action within an "inside/outside" strategy to force both the government and the pharmaceutical industry to change, saving lives and shifting public opinion along the way.

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5.0

A thick but worthwhile history of one of the most important movements in our history as a nation.

5/5 stars

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5.0

A really amazing chronicle of ACT UP that I'd recommend to anyone interested in queer history, public health and/or activism and organizing.

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