Sarah Schulman

1 week ago | historyproject.org | Sarah Schulman

Join All She Wrote Books at on Friday, June 20th at 7:30pm, as we host Sarah Schulman and Joan Ilacqua! They will discuss Schulman's new book, The Fantasy And Necessity Of Solidarity, a brilliant examination of the inherent psychological and social challenges to solidarity movements and what that means for the future. RSVP (and get your copy of The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity) via All She Wrote Books. "Inclusivity" isn't just a buzzword to us.

1 month ago | centerforfiction.org | Sarah Schulman

Skip to Content Register Clear Wednesday, 7:00 pm EDT - 8:15 pm EDT May 21, 2025 The Center for Fiction & Livestreamed Solidarity with the oppressed is one of the highest ideals in any fight against injustice—but following through often presents complications. In her searing new book The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity, award-winning writer and cultural critic Sarah Schulman delves into the intricate and often misunderstood concept of solidarity, offering a new, uplifting vision of what...

2 months ago | bookforum.com | Sarah Schulman

WHEN SARAH SCHULMAN WALKED INTO MY APARTMENT, a month or so after Artforum magazine fired me in October 2023 for publishing an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation, her first words were, “How can I help?” I think this is the most ethical sentence in the English language. She said it like she meant it. This orientation toward the world permeates her latest work,The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity (Thesis, $30).

2 months ago | znetwork.org | Sarah Schulman |Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

“We are all led to solidarity by a complicated array of emotional, political, material and coincidental experiences,” novelist, activist and AIDS historian Sarah Schulman told me recently as we discussed her new book, The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity. “What really matters in the end is what we conclude from all these influences.”Her reflections on the importance of solidarity are timely in this moment, as solidarity with Palestinians has become increasingly criminalized.

2 months ago | znetwork.org | Sarah Schulman

Sarah Schulman Sarah Miriam Schulman (born July 28, 1958) is an American novelist, playwright, nonfiction writer, screenwriter, gay activist, and AIDS historian. She holds an endowed chair in nonfiction at Northwestern University and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities.