The Current Music News
I’m co-hosting a new daily podcast from The Current: Music News. Here’s the description! The Current Music News is the essential daily listen for fans of all genres to catch up on what matters in the...
View ArticleIsaac Asimov book project
Since 2016, I’ve been writing a book-length reader’s guide to the future history of the late science fiction author Isaac Asimov. As that project is nearing completion, and as a new TV series based on...
View ArticlePrince: The Story of 1999
I was proud to be a part of a four-part podcast chronicling the making of Prince’s game-changing album 1999. I’m working with my colleague Andrea Swensson, who’s writing and hosting the series, to...
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Sociology for Dummies
Summer 2009. Twitter was proving its value as a means of connecting Iranian protesters with the world in the face of a government crackdown. Al Franken and Norm Coleman were still waiting for the final...
View ArticleWildsam Field Guides: Twin Cities
Ten years after writing the Insiders’ Guide to the Twin Cities, I’m back in the travel guide game! I’m co-editor of the forthcoming Wildsam Field Guide to the Twin Cities. As described by the...
View ArticleOfficial Prince podcast
I’ve been proud to be part of the team behind the official Prince podcast, created by The Current and distributed by the Prince Estate and Warner Bros. Records. The podcast, which delves deeply in...
View ArticleWildsam Field Guides: Twin Cities
Ten years after writing the Insiders’ Guide to the Twin Cities, I’m back in the travel guide game! I’m part of the team that put together the new Wildsam Field Guide to the Twin Cities. As described...
View ArticleSocial Media
Below are my personal accounts as well as accounts I maintain, or help to maintain, for my various jobs and projects. Facebook. Me personally, The Current, Local Current, Purple Current, The...
View ArticleEducation
Harvard University, Ph.D. in sociology, 2007. I studied the sociology of culture and the sociology of childhood. My dissertation was titled From Captains Courageous to Captain Underpants: Children’s...
View ArticleSociology for Dummies
I’m the author of Sociology for Dummies. The first edition was published in 2010, and a second edition has just been published in 2021. Written entirely during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the new...
View ArticleTwin Cities Horror Festival
As an audience member and critic, I’ve long been a huge fan of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, spotlighting creative approaches to onstage scares. This year, I’m pleased to serve as a member of the...
View ArticleRobots and Foundation
Half a decade in the making, 137,000 words long, Robots and Foundation is the most comprehensive (yet accessible!) reader’s guide ever written for Isaac Asimov’s epic future history. My new book has a...
View ArticleRacket
Racket is “a brand-new writer-owned, reader-funded website founded by a group of former City Pages editors.” As the last theater critic at City Pages, a Minneapolis alt-weekly that shuttered during...
View ArticleNational Book Critics Circle
I’m pleased to say that I’ve recently joined the National Book Critics Circle: a national organization supporting book criticism and literary culture. You can follow my book reviews weekly at The...
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The Current Seasonal Guides
The Current has always highlighted the coolest local music shows, and now we’re expanding to a wider scope of lifestyle coverage. Together with contributors Lydia Moran and Sheila Regan, I created a...
View Article2021 Remembered from The Current
I was pleased to write the script that became the basis of The Current’s nationally syndicated hour-long special honoring the music legends we lost in 2021. The special will be airing on The Current...
View ArticleRecent writing
A sample of my recent writing for The Current, Racket, Lit Hub, and The Tangential; as well as recently published books. (Image: Rajané Katurah and JuCoby Johnson in What to Send Up When It Goes Down,...
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Duluth News Tribune
I’m excited to say that I’ve joined the Duluth News Tribune as an arts and entertainment reporter. The Duluth News Tribune is a daily newspaper that’s been covering the northland since 1870. (This is...
View ArticleDuluth News Tribune stories
In February 2022, I joined the Duluth News Tribune as an arts and entertainment reporter. Here are some of the stories I’ve published so far. Duluth’s Low to curate stage, perform at Rock the Garden...
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UMD Journalism Project Showcase
On April 26, I was pleased to serve as a mentor for students in the “journalist’s toolbox” class at the University of Minnesota — Duluth. It was great to see the students’ projects and share some...
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