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McKenzie Wark is a writer and scholar. Theory icon. Bad Marxist. Transsexual menace. Media & Culture Prof, “Hudson University,” NYC. My book LOVE AND MONEY, SEX AND DEATH out with Verso in September.

26 books
Book Cover for: Amor Cringe, K. Allado-McDowell

Amor Cringe

K. Allado-McDowell
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With K. Allado-McDowell and Alison Parish for the launch of AMOR CRINGE @deluge_books at Dust. These 2 are fucking geniuses and doing such cool shit. Just glad to be there to learn. https://t.co/re3H3aMYQW

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of the DIY Sound System, Harry Harrison

Dreaming in Yellow: The Story of the DIY Sound System

Harry Harrison
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Harry Harrison, DREAMING IN YELLOW. Ooof yeah things got bad. Sydney scene much the same. https://t.co/63WVVtSy0J

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race, Arun Saldanha

Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race

Arun Saldanha
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Arun Saldanha, PSYCHEDELIC WHITE. Excellent book on race as embodied, and how the queer or freak other, far from escaping whiteness, is just one of its capacities. https://t.co/uvZwsyOjLt

Paperback, 2007

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Las Biuty Queens: Stories, Iván Monalisa Ojeda

Las Biuty Queens: Stories

Iván Monalisa Ojeda
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@pcastaneda_ Four of my books are in Spanish. Also: I'm no expert on this and it depends on how you want to think of "trans," but Pedro Lemebel was an influence on me. And I love the stories of Iván Monalisa Ojeda.

Hardcover, 2021

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Hacker Manifesto, McKenzie Wark

A Hacker Manifesto

McKenzie Wark
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I called that book A HACKER MANIFESTO rather than *the* for a lot of reasons, none of which has stopped pretty much everyone by referring to it as *the*.

Hardcover, 2004

$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: History of Philosophy, Julian Marias

History of Philosophy

Julian Marias
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@Helenreflects I read Julian Marias History of Philosophy as a teenager, which from memory is mostly a lucid history of metaphysics. He couldn't contain himself when it came to Sartre whom he considered a scandalous atheist. So of course I went and read Sartre...

Paperback, 1967

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation, Rachel Cusk

Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation

Rachel Cusk
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Rachel Cusk, AFTERMATH. Spills the beans on the weird relation s btw Brit feminism and trans-ness. The whole passage is astute about it. https://t.co/z1uqeDMnCz

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Raving, McKenzie Wark

Raving

McKenzie Wark
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Interviewed by @DocumentJournal about RAVING, Writing on Raving, writing in general, and various other things. https://t.co/ucH1FlrGfE

Paperback, 2023

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reverse Cowgirl, McKenzie Wark

Reverse Cowgirl

McKenzie Wark
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...What they learned working for those folded dollar bills is all here as priceless insights into sex, gender, class, money, power, art and much more.” —McKenzie Wark, author of Reverse Cowgirl

Paperback, 2020

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Without Guarantees: In Honour of Stuart Hall, Stuart Hall

Without Guarantees: In Honour of Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall
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@unit01barbie Hence Stuart Hall’s “without guarantees.” The 80s were a harrowing time, conceptually and emotionally.

Paperback, 2000

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book