Black queer lives often exist outside conventional civic institutions and therefore have to explore alternative intimacies to experience a sense of belonging. C

As a philosopher of intimacy, he stresses the importance of intimate relations and private sentiments in building community bonds.

Within the so-called seduction community, the ability to meet and attract women is understood as a skill which heterosexual men can cultivate through practical

Offers a major rereading of the antebellum literary canon.