Taylor Mac Book

David Román is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Southern California. Sean F. Edgecomb is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance in the Ph.D. Program at the Graduate Center and the Coordinator of Drama at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.

• ContentsPreface: “It’s going to go on a lot longer than you want it to”:A Conversation about Taylor Mac, Covid and Collaboration.David Román and Sean F. EdgecombAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Early Performance of Taylor MacSean F. Edgecomb1: Participation, Endurance, and the Pucker in Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s RevengeCarrie J. Preston2: Between Hir and There: Considering Taylor Mac’s Work as Bridging GenresKelly I. Aliano3: Queer Pussy Time: Taylor Mac’s Lesbian DecadeKim Marra4: Too Slow: Taylor Mac and the Rubs of TimeLisa A. Freeman5: Taylor Mac, Walt Whitman, and Adhesive America: Cruising Utopia with the GoodGay PoetJennifer Buckley6: Circles and Lines: Community and Legacy in Taylor Mac’s Gary: A Sequel to “Titus Andronicus”Erika T. Lin7: Designturgy, Being Queer: Taylor Mac Wears Machine Dazzle in 24 DecadesSissi Liu8: Sing the Revolution!: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Taylor Mac and the Great American SongbookDavid Román9: The Walk Across America for Mother EarthPaul Zimet10: An Interview with Taylor MacKevin Sessums11: Reflections on CollaborationMatt RayMachine DazzleViva DeConciniNiegel SmithTigger! FergusonBarbara GusternLinda BrumbachContributorsBibliographyIndex

The Taylor Mac Book is an overdue encomium to the work of an artist who defines the cutting edge in theater, performance, and the interpretation of American song. With maximalist exuberance and impish daring, Taylor Mac has revived the fortunes of queer aesthetics for our parlous times. How great that now we all get to hang out with judy and the crew in this deliriously welcome collection of essays. —Tavia Nyong'o, Yale University