Suggest me a historical fiction or a very engaging nonfiction about the AIDS epidemic. I am queer and trying to educate myself more about this time in history. Thank you!
Tin Man, it’s not particularly educational, but it’s historical fiction and was very beautifully written.
Caleb_Trask19 on
When You Call My Name and My Government Means to Kill Me were two well done books with young protagonists set in the earlier days of the epidemic in NYC.
Let the Record Show is an oral history of ACT-UP. Many of the actual video taped interviews are viewable on the Harvard Library website.
honeypot17 on
And the band played on by Randy Shilts for nonfiction. For fiction, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.
gneissnerd on
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
by Jack Lowery
Strange Bedfellows
Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs
Author: Ina Park
Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
by David Quammen
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
by David France
Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People
by Laura Ungar and William Cooke
JoyfulNoise1964 on
The Band Played on
Agreeable_Moment_431 on
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne is a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel and one of my all time favourites. It spans 70 years, including the AIDS epidemic. Highly recommend.
Agreeable_Moment_431 on
Oh! And The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai which is set during the AIDS epidemic. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Another fave that left me gutted.
Michelle-Dubois on
Tell the wolfes I’m home by Carol Brunt.
And I really liked the miniseries It’s a sin on HBO and I think it’s also based on some novel, try look it up.
vftgurl123 on
Let the Record Show is the best nonfiction book on AIDS
i’d also recommend just kids by patti smith
amelia_earhurt on
Let the Record Show is an oral history of Act Up collected over many many years by Sarah Schulman. One of the most important reasons to read this book is that it shows that it wasn’t just white dudes doing the work during this time, which is a myth that gets perpetuated by many of the most popular media about the time in question.
amelia_earhurt on
Let the Record Show is an oral history of Act Up collected over many many years by Sarah Schulman. One of the most important reasons to read this book is that it shows that it wasn’t just white dudes doing the work during this time, which is a myth that gets perpetuated by many of the most popular media about the time in question.
Winter_Square_3880 on
Read the play THE INHERITANCE by Matthew Lopez. I beg of you. Please. And then see it when you can. Please.
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Tin Man, it’s not particularly educational, but it’s historical fiction and was very beautifully written.
When You Call My Name and My Government Means to Kill Me were two well done books with young protagonists set in the earlier days of the epidemic in NYC.
Let the Record Show is an oral history of ACT-UP. Many of the actual video taped interviews are viewable on the Harvard Library website.
And the band played on by Randy Shilts for nonfiction. For fiction, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai.
It Was Vulgar and It Was Beautiful: How AIDS Activists Used Art to Fight a Pandemic
by Jack Lowery
Strange Bedfellows
Adventures in the Science, History, and Surprising Secrets of STDs
Author: Ina Park
Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
by David Quammen
How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
by David France
Canary in the Coal Mine: A Forgotten Rural Community, a Hidden Epidemic, and a Lone Doctor Battling for the Life, Health, and Soul of the People
by Laura Ungar and William Cooke
The Band Played on
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne is a gorgeous, heartbreaking novel and one of my all time favourites. It spans 70 years, including the AIDS epidemic. Highly recommend.
Oh! And The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai which is set during the AIDS epidemic. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer. Another fave that left me gutted.
Tell the wolfes I’m home by Carol Brunt.
And I really liked the miniseries It’s a sin on HBO and I think it’s also based on some novel, try look it up.
Let the Record Show is the best nonfiction book on AIDS
i’d also recommend just kids by patti smith
Let the Record Show is an oral history of Act Up collected over many many years by Sarah Schulman. One of the most important reasons to read this book is that it shows that it wasn’t just white dudes doing the work during this time, which is a myth that gets perpetuated by many of the most popular media about the time in question.
Let the Record Show is an oral history of Act Up collected over many many years by Sarah Schulman. One of the most important reasons to read this book is that it shows that it wasn’t just white dudes doing the work during this time, which is a myth that gets perpetuated by many of the most popular media about the time in question.
Read the play THE INHERITANCE by Matthew Lopez. I beg of you. Please. And then see it when you can. Please.