Co-edited, along with Daniel Wolff, Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, & Rallying Cries From 35 Years of Music Writing by Dave Marsh, Simon & Schuster, 2023, paperback release 2024.
Hosted Kick Out the Jams book release at the Warwick Theatre, KCMO, August 2023.
Hosted Conference: Land of Hope and Dreams: A Celebration of Dave Marsh’s Work and Vision. April and May 2021.
“Shadows of Doubt: Thornton Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock’s America at War,” Thornton Wilder Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2, December 2021.
JCCC Great Books Presentation: Salem’s Lot, September 2020.
“Once Was Blind, But Now? Chris Lee Becker and Company Leave Folk Alliance Shaken,” widely-read blog review of Kansas City’s International Folk and Dance Alliance, February 19, 2018.
Presenter at “A Night of Spoken Word: Fundraiser for ‘Mirrors’” KCMO, May 11, 2018.
“To Live It Everyday: 40 Years of Darkness on the Edge of Town” and “Following the Soulfire in Kansas City: Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul at the Uptown Theater” two blog reviews used to establish new “Out in the Wire” feature for Backstreets.com
“Shadows of Doubt: Thornton Wilder and the Creation of Alfred Hitchcock’s American Gothic,” presentation July 14, 2018, Third Annual International Thornton Wilder Conference, Peterborough New Hampshire
Repeated the Thornton Wilder presentation at Faculty Symposium, Professional Development Days, JCCC Fall 2018
“Aretha Franklin: ‘Think…let your mind go, let yourself be free,” People’s Tribune, September/October 2018.
Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence nomination for “Real Love, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige,” 2017.
“The Velvet Underground and the Making of Lou Reed,” Medium.com, April 18th, 2017.
“Alysha Brilla’s New Album Features a Vision of the Future Founded on Love,” Interview for People’s Tribune, May 2017.
“Without Justice There Can Be No Love,” Janice Jo Lee review for People’s Tribune, June 2017.
Interview featured in “Episode 8: The Silver Screen and All the Magazines,” Podcast Iconoclast of Things, May 12, 2017.
Participant in Young Friends of the Library presentation on Frankenstein, Our Daily Nada Bookstore, KCMO. October 24th, 2018,
Real Love, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige publication, University of Texas Press, March 2016.
“The Profound Racial Subtext of Mary J. Blige’s U2 Cover,” Medium.com, March 8, 2016.
Interview for Campus Ledger, March 9, 2016.
“Reach Out: The Power of Music,” blog for UK Books Combined, May 9th, 2016.
“Black Women, Music and Community,” blog for University of Texas Press, May 12th, 2016.
Guest on Central Standard, KCUR, episode “The Vulnerable Queen,” April 5, 2016.
Book talk at Volumes Bookcafe, Chicago, Illinois, May 26, 2016.
Book talk at Soulsville Charter School and Stax Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, June 9, 2016.
Book talks at the Bartlesville, Oklahoma Public Library and Westside Community Center Juneteenth Celebration, June 18th, 2016.
Feature interview for No Depression magazine, June 2016.
“The Revolutionary Prince,” People’s Tribune, June 2016.
“Where Do We Go from Here? Mary J. Blige and American Skin (41 Shots),” article for Backstreets magazine, October 10, 2016.
Feature interview for Kansas City Star, December 10, 2016.
Featured guest, along with JCCC adjunct David Cantwell, on Kansas City’s Central Standard (KCUR 89.3, UMKC Public Radio) to discuss our class The Literature of American Popular Music