Scott Branson

Biography

Scott Branson earned a PhD in comparative literature at Emory University, and a Masters in humanities and social thought at New York University. Their teaching and research focuses on feminist and queer theory, particularly Black feminism and the Black radical tradition, decolonial feminism, anarchism, and experimental world literature.

Scott’s book, Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide, will be published by Pluto Press in October 2022. The book offers ways to infuse everyday life with ideas of mutual responsibility and collective liberation, combining anarchist and feminist approaches to relationships, work, and living. Their translation of the queer theorist and gay liberation militant Guy Hocquenghem’s second book, Gay Liberation after May 68, was published in April 2022 through Duke University Press’s Theory Q Series. Scott wrote a critical introduction that situates Hocquenghem’s queer anarchism in relation to current liberation movements. Scott translated longtime prison abolitionist, anarchist, ex-prisoner, and psychologist, Jacques Lesage De La Haye’s The Abolition of Prison (AK Press, 2021). Their edited volume, Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies will be published by PM Press in January 2023. Scott also writes poetry, makes art, plays music, and is a frequent co-host on the anarchist radio show/podcast The Final Straw Radio.