Books I am the founder, editor, publisher, and a contributor to Beatdom magazine, and also the owner and operator of Beatdom Books. I have written a few books:
- The Dog Farm (2010) (out of print)
- Scientologist! William S Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’ (2013)
- 6 Stories (2013)
- Grammar for IELTS Writing (2018)
- World Citizen: Allen Ginsberg as Traveller (2019)
- The Rise and Fall of Gonzo Journalism (forthcoming)
I have edited the following:
- Beatdom #1– #19 (2007-present)
- Zoning, by Spencer Kansa (2010)
- Beat Poetry, by Larry Beckett (2012)
- The Third Kind of Horse, by Michelle Auerbach (2013)
- Sane Asylum, by Allison Whittenberg (2013)
- Wood Splinters, by Cia Mathew (2013)
- Don’t Hesitate: Knowing Allen Ginsberg ‘72 Through ‘97, by Marc Olmsted (2014)
- The Beat Interviews, by John Tytell (2014)
- Under These Stars, by Tony R Rodriguez (2014)
- Naked Tea, by Philip Willey (2014)
- The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg, by Eliot Katz (2016)
- Beat Transnationalism, by John Tytell (2017)
- Off the Road and Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Mickey Harper (2017)
- Did Beatniks Kill John F. Kennedy? by Robert Johnson (2017)
- Straight Around Allen, by Bob Rosenthal (2018)
- Burroughs and Scotland (forthcoming)
Essays/Articles
Jack magazine – fiction/memoir
Road junky – travel writer
- “Kimchi in Korea: the pickled cabbage obsession”
- “Dirty foreigners brought swine flu to Korea”
- “Fleeced like a sucker in South Korea on the BBC”
- “The Korean DMZ”
- “A backpack stained with blood, sweat and tears”
The Nervous Breakdown – author of numerous articles
Daegu Pockets – writer, photographer
- March 2009 – “Guide to Siji”
- December 2009 – “Bookworms rejoice”
- July 2010 – “Hey man!”
The Mutineer – travel reporter, photographer
- ???? – “Soju Guide”
Kerb magazine – essayist
- January 2010 – “Freedom doesn’t exist”
- April 2010 – “Freak power party”
’10′ Magazine Asia – travel reporter
- March 2010 – “Cheong-do bullfighting”
- June 2010 – “Theme parks and zoos”
- July 2010 – “Motorcycles in Korea”
- August 2010 – “Climbing in Daegu”
- January, 2012 – “Anhui travel guide”
Two-Footed Challenge – sports writer
Korea Times – editorial
HST for Beginners – essay
Teachers for South Korea – travel writing
Phat’itude – essay
- “what is the beat generation?”
Busan Haps – essay/opinion
Three Wise Monkeys – essay/opinion
Reality Studio – essay
The Final Academy – essay
- Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘weird cult’
The Sihanoukville Advertiser – travel writing
- November 2013 – “Let’s talk about fishing villages”
- March, 2014 – “Off the beaten track: exploring Cambodia’s coastline”
- May, 2014 – “The rise and fall of Cambodian cinema”
Litro – essay
- June, 2014 – “William S. Burroughs: Perpetual expat”
Indieberlin – op-ed
Vide – essay
- January, 2017 – “Allen Ginsberg: World Citizen“
Empty Mirror – essay
- May, 2017 – “Aldous Huxley’s Dianetic Utopia“
- March, 2019 – “Except from World Citizen“
U.S. Library of Congress – essay
- October, 2019 – “Howl – Allen Ginsberg“
Quillette – essay
- May, 2020 – “Decadence and Depravity in Louisville, Kentucky“
Buk 100: My Old Man: A Birthday Greeting – essay
- 2020 “Bukowski was no Beat Hangover”
LitHub – essay
- September, 2020 – “When Hunter S. Thompson Ran for Sheriff“
Short Fiction
- I don’t write much fiction, but my stories have appeared here:
- “A man’s word” – Girls with Insurance (2010)
- “Nine stickmen” – Danse Macabre (2011)
- “Invigilante” – Ka-pow (2013)
- “The I.S. Man Cometh” – Imperial Youth Review #3 (2015)
Fuck Fiction – Editor/Contributor
- December, 2012 – “a man’s word”
- December, 2012 – “whore cat”
- September, 2013 – “#darkasfuckout”
- February, 2014 – “over”
Poetry
Alt Lit Press – internet poetry image
- “relevance logic” (June, 2014)
Electric Cereal
Reviews
American Book Review
I have also been cited in Time, Harper’s, and the New York Times on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize, the hilariousness of K-pop, and Beat poetics, respectively.
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