Books: Cultural history
Red Sovine and the Sound of American Sentiment
Country music, truck-driving songs, and the machinery of feeling.
Research · primary-source verification
Books · in progress
Books on the desk.
Biographies, film history, and nonfiction, each built from primary sources. Several have grant-supported research behind them.
Books: Film history
Brautigan in Hollywood
Richard Brautigan and the movies that never got made.
Drafting · advanced archival research
Books: Film history
Unmaking Elric
A history of the many films that almost brought Michael Moorcock’s hero to the screen.
Proposal · 12-chapter outline drafted
Books: Cultural biography
A Different Kind of Hero
Elliott Gould and the volatile promise of New Hollywood.
Revision · final verification
Books: Investigative nonfiction
American Flag Blues
An investigative book, fully drafted and sourced.
Drafting · 37 chapters drafted
Books: Children’s picture book
The Dog Who Told Time
A children’s picture book, text complete and illustration underway.
Production · illustration underway
Books: Nonfiction · Leadership
Management Philosophy Book
An untitled book on management, drawn from a past career in UX leadership.
Drafting
Also in print: Impossibly Funky, Cinema Detours and Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection.