Peter Coviello is professor of English at the University of Illinois-Chicago. He has written about the history of sexuality, queer children, pop songs, nineteenth-century American literature, Mormon polygamy, step-parenthood, and much besides. In 2017-18, he was on fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His newest book, "Long Players: A Love Story in Eighteen Songs," will appear from Penguin Books in June of 2018.