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Marcos Gonsalez

@marcossgonsalez.bsky.social

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queer 🇲🇽🇵🇷 author, aesthete, prof | book on José Estaban Muñoz & queer of color theory forthcoming Beacon Press (May 2025) | bylines: TSQ, Lit Hub, Camera Obscura, BOMB Magazine, etc| Lit Agent: Lauren Abramo

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 15d

really wild to think that there are 3 books out there in the world, by me.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 12h

Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.

The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...

By Erick Galindo

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 14h

two students today enthusiastically supported the handbook’s prominent display—professor goals unlocked.

Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 17h

keeping this literary gem close at hand to remind me of who I am & the queer ancestors I come from & to continue to be the flagrant homosexual that I am 😭

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 19h

keeping the Homosexual Handbook handy & on full display in my office.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 23h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 1d

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 21h

a stunner of a cover! 😍

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 1d

*screaming*
(This is US distributor. The Concordia UP pre-order page AND DISCOUNT CODE go live next month, when I'll start up the promo machine. But lookee that covvvver 🤤)

Illuminating Media

Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurativ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 22h

The interjection is typically one of I want more details, more gossip, more clarifications, cause I’m so invested in our dialogue.

Sometimes I interject with something relevant to the convo, an associated tangent, briefly stated.

But I always return it to the person, & to the original point.

Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 22h

I do this, particularly with my good friends.

it’s an indicator of my engagement, my close attentiveness to what they are saying. After this aside or tidbit, I always follow-up enthusiastically with “Ok as you were saying about X & X.”

Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s not technically polite, but I love having a conversation with other people who are comfortable with short interjecting interruptions. To me it makes the conversation feel more like something we’re weaving together rather than alternating individual presentations. It feels more alive.

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 1d

Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:

Institutions and funders must recognize the contributions of university presses to the humanities infrastructure (opinion)

Recognizing the university press community’s essential contributions to that infrastructure will be crucial as institutions and funders plan for the future, write Charles Watkinson and Melissa Pitts.

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 23h

New Chris Gonzalez—we love to see it!

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Chris Gonzalez @livesinpages.bsky.social · 1d

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

Maudlin House @maudlinhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It by Christopher Gonzalez

maudlinhouse.net/tap-it-swipe...

Tap It, Swipe It, Charge It

This morning’s run to the ATM was harrowing. I dipped into savings! Seventh time this month. I tell Alicia all this in the middle of my second mojito. “Look, until the card declines it’s no one’s busi...

maudlinhouse.net

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 1d

I am so grateful that my publisher gave me say on who I wanted to voice my monograph.

queer Latinx scholarship narrated by a queer Latinx voice actor—perfection!
adicabral.com

Adi Cabral - Acting, Dialects, Intimacy

Unlock the power of your voice with Adi Cabral, a renowned dialect coach and intimacy director. Embrace accessible and sustainable results through expert guidance, rooted in cultural competency and tr...

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 1d

Revolting Indolence has officially published as an audiobook!

You can listen to all my queer latinx indolent dreaming as narrated by the phenomenal voice-actor performer, Adi Cabral!
www.audible.com/pd/Revolting...

Revolting Indolence: The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. How indolent practices in Latinx LGBTQ culture challenge capitalist imperatives to be productive. Revolting Indolence makes a case for laziness as an aesth...

www.audible.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

if blue state governors and mayors aren't already thinking about the reliability of various police forces nominally under their control, they should start immediately

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 2d

So glad you liked it Matilda—this is one of my favs I’ve read this year!

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Mattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 2d

Honey, this book is a portal, a siren call, a slapstick comedy, a history lesson, a camp chronology, a porn satire, California dreaming, queenly craving, and high school meets bathhouse in the ruins of desire's vortex, thanks to @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social for the recommendation 👠🔥

Bathhouse.pptx by Jesus I. Valles, shiny red cover featuring a glory hole surrounded by duct tape, book title in the black hole

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Maura Smale 😷💉 @maurasmale.bsky.social · 2d

Academic librarians, come join us in the CUNYverse! We have a few jobs open in CUNY libraries:

cuny.jobs/queens-ny/in...

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

I’m not at these campuses but happy to answer questions!

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 2d

in the name of national security, in the name of “immigration enforcement”, they will continue to terrorize our communities on behalf of white supremacist capitalist interests.

Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 2d

Many of us in Latinx studies have long since known that ICE & anti-immigrant discourse is in the service of the capitalist oligarchs.

abolishing ICE is the only way forward.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 2d

Truly! I’m over here extending my skimpy gay summer clothing into october and I will no longer feel shame about it 😭

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of New Yorkers are having a hard time acclimating to climate change.

I get that it is October, & many folks want to wear cute layers & hoodies & bubble coats, but it’s been 80 degrees.

Folks sweating & overheating for the sake of maintaining a Fall vibe?!

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Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 3d

this brings me hope.

Standing up for our communities.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 4d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Marcos Gonsalez @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social · 3d

Hershinow on Miller on Austen—I am here for this essay! Can’t wait to read 😍

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Stephanie Insley Hershinow @sinsleyh.bsky.social · 3d

Truly think this volume is great, and I can’t wait for you to read it!

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