The Berlin Writers' Workshop and the Schwules Museum present a reading and discussion with Sarah Schulman and her most recent book LET THE RECORD SHOW: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF ACT UP NEW YORK, 1987-1993: Twenty years in the making, LET THE RECORD SHOW is the most comprehensive political history ever assembled of ACT UP and American AIDS activism. Schulman will discuss the ACT UP movement, why it was so effective, and how the current Palestine Solidarity movement in the U.S. is working from its playbook. 

This event will be moderated by Ben Mauk.

RSVP for your free ticket here (sold out). Additional standing-room tickets will be available at the door, please arrive early to guarantee entry. This is a free event.

Sarah Schulman is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, nonfiction writer and AIDS historian. She holds an endowed chair in creative writing at Northwestern University and is on the Advisory Board of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Ben Mauk is a writer based in Berlin. His essays and reporting appear in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and the London Review of Books, among other publications. He is the founding director of the Berlin Writers' Workshop.