Pride Month Reading List Highlights Lesbian and Queer Art Novels
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
- Sarah Schulman
- Vaginal Davis
- Martin Wong
- Paul Thek
- Peter Hujar
- Tillie Walden
- Edward Hopper
- Douglas Latchford
- Audre Lorde
Institutions
- AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)
- Dyke March
- Hyperallergic
- New York Public Library
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- Harlem
- Vermont
- Chinatowns