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Pride Month Reading List Highlights Lesbian and Queer Art Novels

publication · 2026-06-15

Hyperallergic's Pride month roundup features a conversation with Sarah Schulman, who reflects on her four decades of lesbian fiction and her activism, including co-founding the Dyke March and conducting 187 interviews with ACT UP members. The list also recommends Andrew Durbin's dual biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, a guide to seven art books for Pride, an excerpt on Edward Hopper's solitude, and a book on looter Douglas Latchford's network. Tillie Walden will give a talk tonight in New York City with Alexis Clements.

Key facts

  • Sarah Schulman co-founded the Dyke March.
  • Schulman conducted 187 interviews with ACT UP members.
  • Andrew Durbin wrote a dual biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek.
  • Both Hujar and Thek died of AIDS in the late 1980s.
  • Tillie Walden is giving a talk in New York City tonight.
  • The talk features Alexis Clements as a contributor.
  • A new book maps Douglas Latchford's network of looting Khmer statues.
  • Edward Hopper's solitude is examined in an excerpt.

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
  • Dyke March
  • Hyperallergic
  • New York Public Library

Locations

  • New York City
  • United States
  • Harlem
  • Vermont
  • Chinatowns

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