March 30, 2013
In 2011 I was interviewed (along with David McCullough, Robert Caro, and a number of other legends I have no business sharing a sentence with) for a documentary called The Typewriter (In the 21st Century). I was allegedly representing the small but fervent clique of younger writers who still compose using a manual typewriter. The film is now screening across the country and to my great relief the producers have edited my segment in such a way that I sound halfway coherent! Further information (including a screening schedule) can be found here.
March 5, 2013
From 2009 to 2012 I collaborated with Ray Fisher on a project called The Edge: Life Lessons from a Martial Arts Master. We are now ready to release this in book form and have initiated a fundraising campaign to cover publication costs.
An excerpt from The Edge can be read here.
January 26, 2013
I recently had the honor of interviewing David Lowery, the visionary singer, lyricist and guitarist for the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. The results of our "geek-off" are now available for your reading pleasure at BlurtOnline.com.
September 16th, 2012
My Kerouac essay got a shout-out today from Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Beast.
August 25, 2012
My essay "The Conservative Kerouac" is featured in the current issue of The American Conservative, available at Barnes and Noble and other vendors.
August 4, 2012
I have signed a contract for a second book with Verse Chorus Press. Am keeping the subject matter under wraps for the moment but stay tuned...
June 2, 2012
My review of Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974 will be appearing in the print edition of Blurt Magazine, which is going to press...right about now. A longer version of the piece appeared on the Blurt website as William S. Burroughs Reassessed.