Books That Will Surprise and Transform You
My books were important for me to write, and maybe they’ll play a role in your life too. They’re about existential questions, fear, mourning, research, excellence, and gender. These journeys vary in length.
All are strange. All transform. ↓
Painting Dragons: What Storytellers Need to Know About Writing Eunuch Villains
Nonfiction, 2018
Books That Will Surprise and Transform You
My books were important for me to write, and maybe they’ll play a role in your life too. They’re about existential questions, fear, mourning, research, excellence, and gender. These journeys vary in length.
All are strange. All transform. ↓
My Books
Painting Dragons: What Storytellers Need to Know About Writing Eunuch Villains
Nonfiction, 2018
In fiction, castrated men are often portrayed as monstrous. What’s the ‘evil eunuch’ stereotype, and why do novelists reproduce it?
Bad fire: A Memoir of Disruption
Nonfiction, 2019
An atheist Torah interpretation with a new spin on the deaths of Nadav and Avihu. Everyone who reads it becomes trans.
Ten Past Noon: Focus and Fate at Forty
Nonfiction, 2020
A train ride of an American biography. In the Roaring Twenties, Edward Dilworth Cumming could have become a railroad businessman. Instead, he researched historical castrations. An essay about war, racism, gender, time, mortality, free will, money, argument, information architecture, and why a writer might not finish a book.
Enkidu Is Dead and Not Dead / Enkidu está muerto y no lo está
Poetry, 2021
In this bilingual collection of poems, inspired by the Epic of Gilgamesh, the king grieves the disappearance of his wild friend Enkidu. Each poem appears in English and Spanish. / En esta colección bilingüe de poemas, inspirada en la Epopeya de Gilgamesh, el rey llora la partida de Enkidu, su amigo bravío. Cada poema aparece en inglés y español.
Most Famous Short Film of All Time
Fiction, 2022
Ghosts and goddesses beckon Lev Ockenshaw. Oh, bother. Fortunately, he’s got a pill for that. He’s happy in Boston, telling campfire stories with his friends, until one day he reports a threat to his boss and is not believed. A non/fiction-hybrid philosophical novel and a metaphysical cage fight.