“Peaches” A Novel, Mark Joseph O’Connell Published Aug. 8, 2026!

Fantastic news! Peaches the novel has been published and can be ordered here, https://a.co/d/0ifGy1pw Canadian orders here: https://a.co/d/02QggPRQ I hope you enjoy the book, I loved writing an alternative Queer history for some of my favorite musical genres! XOMark ❤️ On Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=w_r_EQAAQBAJ CHAPTER 1: They’d Be Fools Not to See (2025) Some Songs Just Do Not Belong in Beer Commercials (2025) Chatham, Ontario, 2025 “Tender Peaches in the summertime… So juicy, so ripe… …” The melody floated through theRead more

MARKOCONNELLSTUDIO: Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell Queer History (Queerstory) Lectures

Guy Hocquenghem and the Radical Reimagining of Queer Life Guy Hocquenghem (1946–1988) was one of the first openly Gay intellectuals to articulate a radically political theory of sexuality. Writing at the intersection of Marxism, psychoanalysis, and post-1968 revolutionary politics, Hocquenghem rejected both liberal identity politics and assimilationist gay rights, arguing instead that homosexuality exposes the repressive foundations of capitalist, familial, and state power. In Homosexual Desire (1972), he builds upon and critiques Freud and Deleuze–Guattari to frame desire as aRead more