I recently finished the show POSE, and I was truly touched by these heartwreching stories during the 80s and 90s. I read up a little bit about how there are many untold stories and I want to learn about these stories. Anyone has recommendations for a good read? (Nonfiction and fiction! Doesn’t matter to me:)
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Let the Record Show is a nonfiction oral history of ACT-UP. Many of the interviews were video taped and you can watch them on the Harvard Library website.
When You Call My Name and My Government Means to Kill Me are two novels capturing the early years of AIDS in NYC.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, When We Rise: My Life in the Movement or Ryan White: My Own Story
we both laughed in pleasure by lou sullivan.
nonfiction. it chronicles lou’s life through a sequence of his diaries starting in childhood. he isn’t diagnosed until a majority of the way in (as you can guess why) but but you get to grow up with him and see his transition, the way he handles both the good and bad and how even until the very end he never stops fighting. i guess “touching” isn’t quite how i’d describe the book but important, very important.
For non-fiction: All the Young Men by Ruth Coaker Burns – so so good.
For NF: not strictly about AIDS but fairly important to the story – They’re Going to Love You by Meg Howry!
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[Love from the Pink Palace](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/59801971) is good.
1. “And the Band Played On” by Randy Shilts: An in-depth and heartbreaking account of the early years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Shilts’ gripping narrative style brings the human cost of the disease to life, while also shedding light on the political and social factors that contributed to the crisis.
2. “Eternal Gods Die Too Soon” by Beka Modrekiladze: A speculative fiction novel that explores the profound impact of loss, identity, and the search for meaning in a vast and enigmatic universe. With its exploration of quantum physics, simulations, and the mysteries of existence, this book is a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant read.
3. “Angels in America” by Tony Kushner: A Pulitzer Prize-winning play that tells the story of a group of New Yorkers whose lives are touched by the AIDS crisis. Kushner’s powerful and poetic language gives voice to the pain, anger, and resilience of those living through this devastating epidemic.
– Such Times by Christopher Coe
– Spontaneous Combustion by David B Feinberg
– Sacred Lips of the Bronx by Douglas Sadownick
– Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas
– The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
A. Verghese, My own country
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai. Fiction based on real people.