Writing Samples

Books and Home Video | Entertainment | Academic, Technical and Research | Food and Drink

Books and Home Video

• “Invisible Man in Japan.” Essay included in Blu-Ray release of The Invisible Man Appears/The Invisible Man vs. the Human Fly. Arrow Video, July 2021.
• Cocktails and Capers: Cult Cinema, Cocktails, Crime, & Cool. September 2018, Teleport City Press.
• The New Single Malt Whiskey: More Than 325 Bottles, From 197 Distilleries, in More Than 25 Countries. Clay Risen, Editor. Contributing essayist. Cider Mill Press, October 2016.
• Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head: The Essential Guide to Hong Kong’s Mind-bending Films. Stefan Hammond and Milke Wilkens, Editors. Contributing reviewer. Touchstone Press, August 1996.

Entertainment

• “All the Colors of the Rainbow Man: A Trippy Trip into the Early Days of Japanese Science Fiction.” Diabolique, March 6, 2021.
• “Catch a Shooting Hustler: Yakuza, Borderless Action, and Velvet Hustler.” Diabolique, August 28, 2020.
• “Funhouse Madhouse: Nazis, Stalin, and the Hourglass Sanatorium.” Diabolique, February 13, 2020.
• “Defiant Fairytales: The Prague Spring and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.” Diabolique, Februar 7, 2020.
• “A European Vampire in Japan: Japanese Vampire Fiction and Nobuo Nakagawa’s Lady Vampire.” Diabolique, January 15, 2020.
• “Gogol and the Christmas Goblin: Frolicking through the Winter Wonderland of Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka.” Diabolique, December 23, 2019.
• “The Fabulous World of Karel Zeman.” Diabolique, November 25, 2019.
• “The Old Dark Haveli: The Mad Dancing, Murder, and Mystery of Gumnaam.” September 5, 2019.
• “Of Harlots, Hays, and Harlow: Sex and Class Warfare in Red-Headed Woman.” Diabolique, May 19, 2019.
• “Machine Made Dirt: Beat Girl and the Birth of the British Teenager.” Diabolique, March 6, 2019.
• “I Am the American Cool: The Afrofuturism of Janelle Monae, Suite 1, Suite 2, Suite 3.” The Cultural Gutter, August-November 2018.
• “We Travel the Spaceways: The Space-Age Jazz of Sun Ra.” The Cultural Gutter, June 7, 2018.
• “I’d Like to Be Under the Sea: Libertarian Utopias, Seasteading, and BioShock.” The Cultural Gutter, June 8, 2017.
• “These Lonely, Haunted Places: The Pagan Mystery of Penda’s Fen.” The Cultural Gutter, October 27, 2016.
• “Neuromancin’ with Myself: When Billy Idol Reads William Gibson.” The Cultural Gutter, May 12, 2016.
• “The Cosmic Crooner: The Story of Trilogy, Frank Sinatra’s Strangest Album.” The Cultural Gutter, February 18, 2016.
• “Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? Personal Identity and the Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The Cultural Gutter, September 3, 2015.
• “Where Is All You Angels? From William S. Burroughs to Duran Duran.” The Cultural Gutter, May 15, 2014.

Academic, Technical, and Research: The Download

• “3D Printing for a Face and Bilateral Arm Transplant: LaGuardia Studio Helps Restore the Identity of the Donor in Groundbreaking Surgery Performed at NYU Langone Health.” March 16, 2021.
• “Black Lives Matter, Racism, and Data: NYU Data Services Provides Research Resources for Analyzing and Confronting Racism.” November 16, 2020.
• “3D Printing Critical Medical Equipment Remotely: NYU LaGuardia Studio and Stratasys Partner to Make Personal Protective Equipment.” April 27, 2020.
• “A Visit to the Barcelona Supercomputing Facility: A Supercomputer Inside a Former Barcelona Chapel.” July 5, 2019.
• “Learning How We Learn: Online Courses and the Potential of Adaptive Learning.” February 19, 2019.
• “Meet HackNYU 2019 Student Co-Chair Srishti Sanya: From HackNYU Volunteer to Executive Co-Chair.” February 13, 2019.
• “Rain, Sleet, or Snow: LaGuardia Studio Staff Contend With a Blizzard and Sleeplessness to Contribute to a Face Transplant Operation.” December 4, 2018.
• “Digital Humanities + Data: NYU’s DH+Data Day Celebrates Data Science and Visualization in the Service of the Humanities.” November 9, 2018.
• “A Tiara Fit for Wonder Woman: LaGuardia Studio Makes Its Red Carpet Debut at the 2018 Met Gala.” May 30, 2018.
• “A Photographic History of Washington Square: Explore 190 Years of NYU, West Village, and New York History with Digital Library Technology Services.” May 9, 2018.
• “Digital Dérive: Exploring the World of Off-Peak, the Norwood Suite, and the NYU Game Center.” May 10, 2017
• “Capturing a Face: Bjork, Masks, and 3D Scanning at LaGuardia Studio.” January 17, 2017.

Food and Drink: Alcohol Professor

• “Boo-oozy Tales of Monsters: Drinking with mythological creatures from around the world.” October 30, 2019.
• “That Dandy, Randy, Brandy Alexander: A tale of cocktails, lobsters, Ziegfeld girls, and gossip columnists.” March 29, 2019.
• “La Mariana Sailing Club: Honolulu’s Last Old School Tiki Bar.” January 18, 2019.
• “Those Old Christmas Spirits: Christmas ghost stories to chill you on a midwinter night, and spirits to warm you back up.” December 21, 2018.
• “Booooozy Tales of a Traveler: Spirits and Spirits in New York’s Hudson Valley.” October 30, 2017.
• “I Love This Dirty Town: Toots Shor, the 21 Club, New York Bar History, and Sweet Smell of Success. Part 1, Part 2.” August 2017.
• “Night of the Booooozy Tales: Pairing Classic Works of Horror with Classic Drinks.” October 26, 2016.
• “Spies At the Savoy: Cocktail HIstory, Hotel Bars, and James Bond. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.” October 2016.
• “Martini & Myth: James Bond and the Muddled History of an Iconic Coocktail. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.” August 2016.
• “Bride of Boooo-zy Tales: Dublin’s Haunted Pubs.” October 30, 2015.
• “Lady Day on Swing Street: Billie Holiday, the Harlem Renaissance, and Swing Street. Part 1, Part 2.” August 2015.
• “The Chairman, the Poet and the Dancer: How Frank Sinatra’s favorite haunt became a haven for Soviet dissidents. Part 1, Part 2.” June 2015.
• “Son of Booooozy Tales: Haunted Bars Go International.” October 28, 2014.
• “Booo-zy Tales of Spirited New York.” October 28, 2013.