What a Movement Looks Like

Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993 by Sarah Schulman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021; 736 pages, $40 hardcover.
Sarah Schulman’s Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987–1993 documents one of the most daring and important activist organizations in US history. It is meticulously, thoughtfully, and lovingly compiled. Schulman has dedicated much of her life to recording ACT UP’s impact. Her book Gentrifi