About
Marcos Gonsalez is a writer, scholar, and associate professor of Latinx studies at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. The author of Pedro's Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land (2021), Revolting Indolence: The Politics of Slacking, Lounging, and Daydreaming in Queer and Trans Latinx Culture (2024), and In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination, 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 TIME, Transgender Studies Quarterly, The White Review, Public Books, Inside Higher Education, BOMB Magazine, Camera Obscura, Ploughshares, Post45, Catapult, ASAP/Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, The New Inquiry, and elsewhere.
