Hive Mind Books is pleased to present bestselling author and activist Sarah Schulman in conversation with Hugh Ryan about her new book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, at Mayday Space, 176 St. Nicholas Ave, Bushwick. After the talk, she will sign copies of her books.
Sliding scale tickets are available. There is a ticket option that includes a copy of the book.
Ticket sales support Mayday Space and Hive Mind Books, Bushwick’s queer bookstore.
We will have additional copies of Sarah’s books available for sale at this event.
About the Book
Sarah Schulman is renowned as a novelist, nonfiction writer, AIDS historian, and author of Conflict Is Not Abuse and The Gentrification of the Mind, as well as novels After Delores, Rat Bohemia, The Cosmopolitans, and Maggie Terry. She is a life-long social activist, award-winning playwright, screenwriter and teacher.
Her new book, THE FANTASY AND NECESSITY OF SOLIDARITY, brings hard-won experience, maturity, and pragmatism to the conversation about how best to engage in effective solidarity work, particularly in relation to Gaza. It’s a brilliant examination of the inherent psychological and social challenges to solidarity movements, and what that means for the future. For those who seek to combat injustice, solidarity with the oppressed is one of the highest ideals, yet it does not come without complication. In this searing yet uplifting book, Schulman delves into the intricate and often misunderstood concept of solidarity to provide a new vision for what it means to engage in this work—and why it matters.
About the Author
Sarah Schulman is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer, and AIDS historian. Her books include Gentrification of the Mind, Conflict Is Not Abuse, and Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP, New York 1987–1993 and the novels The Cosmopolitans and Maggie Terry. Schulman’s honors include a Fulbright in Judaic Studies, a Guggenheim in Playwriting, and honors from Lambda Literary, the Publishing Triangle, NLGJA, the American Library Association, and others. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New York, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Schulman holds an endowed chair in creative writing at Northwestern University and is on the advisory board of Jewish Voice for Peace.
About the Moderator
Hugh Ryan is a writer and curator. He is the author of The Women’s House of Detention. His first book, When Brooklyn Was Queer, won a 2020 New York City Book Award, was a New York Times Editors' Choice in 2019, and was a finalist for the Randy Shilts and Lambda Literary Awards. He was honored with the 2020 Allan Berube Prize from the American Historical Association. In 2019-2021, he worked on the Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in U.S. History curricular materials for the NYC Department of Education.