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People in Trouble
People in Trouble | Sarah Schulman
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A New York City love triangle forms the center of a literary universe peopled by a Guardian Angels-like vigilante group, a Chinatown cowgirl, and ex-leather queen, a real-estate mogul, and, at the center, Kate, Peter, and Molly, as they confront love in t
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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
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A powerhouse of a novel depicting the AIDS crisis veridical to history, Schulman's work remains deeply poignant some thirty years after its original publication. Reminiscent of RENT, set on the sprawling, gentrified streets of NYC, the three central characters, caught in the midst of a love triangle, are three-dimensional and contradictory, entwined in the throes of sexuality, sensuality, grief, and a movement that alters them permanently.

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SteveWJones
People in Trouble | Sarah Schulman
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“Well, it‘s nice to know that illusion is not a human invention.”
I‘m really looking forward to her book about Act Up next month.