About
Marcos Gonsalez is an author, scholar, and assistant professor of English living in New York City. The author of Pedro's Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land (2021), and Revolting Indolence: The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture (2024) his research has been supported by the Ford Foundation and Mellon Foundation. The New York Times Book Review called Pedro’s Theory “thrilling”, “masterly”, and “appealingly telescopic” with a “strong, personal voice.” It received a starred review from Kirkus, which called it “a subtle, expertly written repudiation of the American dream in favor of something more inclusive and more realistic.” and has been longlisted for the 2021 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. Marcos’ essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in Literary Hub, Transgender Studies Quarterly, The White Review, Public Books, Inside Higher Education, BOMB Magazine, Ploughshares, Post45, Catapult, ASAP/Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, The New Inquiry, and elsewhere.
In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination (2025) is a forthcoming essay collection on queer theory and the queer Latinx theorist, José Esteban Muñoz. In Theory, Darling is available for preorder at Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, directly at the publisher, or wherever else books are sold.
