current projects & research interests

How Very: The Oral history of Heathers

A chronicle of the making of the 1989 film, its musical adaptation, its television reboot, and the film’s enduring and transgressive legacy. Coming 2027.

the guide to reading (and finishing) infinite Jest

A casual reading companion for readers hoping to tackle David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus. Coming 2027.

wilco’s sky blue sky

A volume on the band’s 2007 album for the 33 1/3 book series. Coming 2028.

Strangest things: the cinema of mkultra

A trippy tour through cinema’s attempts to represent the US government’s stranger-than-fiction experiments with mind control.