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# When "Queer" Art Becomes Commonplace
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/when-queer-art-becomes-commonplace/
- Published: 2017-02-27T13:55:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:27:49.000Z
- Description: In The Estrangement Principle, author Ariel Goldberg warns against the dangers of overusing the word “queer."
- Author: Risa Puleo
- Tags: Books, Nightboat Books, Review, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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*Ariel Goldberg’s* [The Estrangement Principle](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1937658511/?tag=hyperallergic-20&ref=hyperallergic.com) *is out from* [*Nightboat Books*](http://www.nightboat.org/title/estrangement-principle?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*