We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine, a cultural history of 20th century American myth-making in Hollywood, is forthcoming from Liveright — look for it in early 2025!
Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women
Nine profiles of fascinating women from the 20th century who rooted their art, activism, and lives in their relationship to drink, food, and other forms of sustenance. It’s a book about hope in dark times. Published by Broadleaf in June 2022.
Read excerpts in Vox (Hannah Arendt) and The Dallas Morning News (Edna Lewis).
How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World
Robert Joustra and I explore the lessons of apocalyptic popular culture — from Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead to Mad Men and Breaking Bad — through the lens of Charles Taylor’s work on modernity. Published by Eerdmans in May 2016.
Read excerpts in RogerEbert.com and Christianity Today.