People in Trouble

Sarah Schulman. Plume Books, $11.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-452-26568-4

Kate, involved in a love triangle with her husband and her lesbian lover, works as an artist and AIDS activist in New York City. ``At times lapsing into melodrama, Schulman carefully balances the story lines, using Kate's own sexual awareness and awakening as a benchmark for the situation of the besieged homosexual community,'' PW wrote. (Jan.)

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