Marcus McCann
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Half wisecracking tour guide and half flirtatious trick, the poems in Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe examine how we respond to overwork and overstimulation. McCann's third collection speaks to a world that is too busy and too anxious, delivering the material with zero reverence and with loads of self-deprecating, disarming, observational, and sometimes catty, humor. Inviting readers to be his "bandmates / on life's slutty bus tour," Shut Up Slow...
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An intimate look at one of culture's most enduring taboos: public sex.
In these surprisingly poetic essays, lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising-the practice of men visiting public parks in search of sexual connection-as a way of discussing consent, empathy, gay culture, policing, and public space. Along the way, the book delves into queer Covid responses, the entangled relationship between civic infrastructure and gayness, and a deeply thoughtful...
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2023
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English
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An intimate look at one of culture's most enduring taboos: public sex.
Park Cruising takes a long look at the men who cruise for sex in urban parks. Human rights lawyer Marcus McCann uses park cruising as a point of departure for discussions of consent, empathy, public health, municipal planning, and our relationship to strangers. Prompted by his work opposing a police sting in a suburban park, McCann's ruminations go beyond
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