Ever heard of Queer Pulp? This genre wasn’t taken seriously for years—but it was where many Queer people found representation, community, and belonging. Jen Dentel of Gerber/Hart Library & Archives gives us an explanation and a reading list to keep understanding.

To understand more the real-life parallels between Makkai’s novel and 1980s Lakeview, Read & Run Chicago hosted three LGBTQ elders after our Book Club Run of The Great Believers in January 2025 in partnership with Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, the largest LGBTQ archives in the Midwest and a resource for Rebecca Makkai.