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EPISODE · Aug 9, 2016 · 1H 27M

DS#99a: Interview with Sarah Schulman

from Didactic SynCast · host Eric S. Piotrowski

After a hiatus of more than eight months, the Didactic SynCast is back. Join me for a conversation with legendary author and activist Sarah Schulman. We discuss her new novel The Cosmopolitans (based on La Cousine Bette by Honoré de Balzac), the ACT UP Oral History Project, the Boycott/Divest/Sanctions Movement, writing, politics, life, and a dozen other topics. As always, get in touch through Twitter ( @DukeSkath ) or email ( esp(at)fbesp.org ). Here are links to events and resources we discussed: The Cosmopolitans at GoodReads Conflict is Not Abuse at GoodReads Lambda Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices Feminist Press Movement for Black Lives: Platform Mix NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival Geri Allen: Lush Life Nelson Algren on sentimentality Sara Ahmed: The Promise of Happiness Teaser for Jason and Shirley Trailer for Portrait of Jason Amy Goodman and DemocracyNow! BDS Movement ACT UP Oral History Project United In Anger: A History of ACT UP on iTunes  

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After a hiatus of more than eight months, the Didactic SynCast is back. Join me for a conversation with legendary author and activist Sarah Schulman. We discuss her new novel The Cosmopolitans (based on La Cousine Bette by Honoré de Balzac), the ACT UP Oral History Project, the Boycott/Divest/Sanctions Movement, writing, politics, life, and a dozen other topics. As always, get in touch through Twitter ( @DukeSkath ) or email ( esp(at)fbesp.org ). Here are links to events and resources we discussed: The Cosmopolitans at GoodReads Conflict is Not Abuse at GoodReads Lambda Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices Feminist Press Movement for Black Lives: Platform Mix NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival Geri Allen: Lush Life Nelson Algren on sentimentality Sara Ahmed: The Promise of Happiness Teaser for Jason and Shirley Trailer for Portrait of Jason Amy Goodman and DemocracyNow! BDS Movement ACT UP Oral History ProjectUnited In Anger: A History of ACT UP on iTunes

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