Bark of Millions
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The rock opera Bark of Millions is an incomparable celebration of queerness, and here from its award-winning creators Taylor Mac and Matt Ray is the experience in book form, including lyrics and music for 50 of the show's songs
Bark of Millions the show is an electrifying collision of performance, live music,...Published By Black Dog & Leventhal
Format Hardback
Number Of Pages 448
Publication Date 09/29/2026
ISBN 9798894145037
Dimensions 7 inches x 10 inches
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray have given us a gift: a queer almanac of poetry and song complete with heroes and villains, mythology, and history. It shows us where we came from and might help us figure out where to go.
—Ari Shapiro
Uplifting, enlightening, and essential, Bark of Millions is a beautifully rendered one-stop shop for lovers of queer art, music, and poetry. This book will live on my piano so I can always come back to Taylor and Matt’s incredible work. They are the truth!
—Bridget Everett
While I don't approve of their lifestyle, you can't deny that Taylor and Matt have created something beautiful. These songs are the type of arresting poetry that stop you in your tracks with every line. I'm sad they're going to Hell.
—Cole Escola
From stem to stern, root to piston, Bark of Millions is a whimsical yet monumental escapade through the anals of queer history.—Vivian Bond
This soul-expanding song cycle is like a pair of queer-colored glasses that reveals the glorious alternate reality that is—and always has been—all around us. —Lisa Kron