Every year the members of the Arts Project of Cherry Grove (Fire Island, NY) come together on Memorial Day Weekend to crown their Homecoming Queen for the summer season -- a position that comes with great honor and great responsibility. Emilio 'Ginger Snap' Deluca's journey as HCQ in 2017, includes racing around the island in platform heels to open shows, cutting ribbons at community events, performing at fundraisers, and doing it all with his own...

This is the first book to dedicate critical attention to the work of influential theater-maker Taylor Mac. Mac is particularly celebrated for the historic performance event A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, in which Mac, in fantastical costumes designed by collaborator Machine Dazzle, sang the history of the United States for 24 straight hours in October 2016. The MacArthur Foundation soon thereafter awarded their "genius" award to a "writer,...