Forthcoming Books

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Across the Canyons: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Divisive Communications in West Texas and BeyondThis regionally-focused anthology offers a range of contributions from field-leading scholars who are invested in addressing the divides created by divisive speech and disinformation in ways that also bring together academic researchers and the communities they serve.2024
How to Be DisinformedThis book draws on my lifelong journey as a conservationist and father considering how we might live within a planet wracked by climate change and disinformation, and how we might face convergent challenges with humility and reflective awareness.Currently under development with St. Martin’s Press
The God of Dark Matter: The Conversation of Apophatic Theology and Contemporary ScienceThrough ancient texts such as The Cloud of Unknowing and apophatic theological traditions that describe the creative forces of the universe through negation, this book renders legible mind-bending contemporary scientific developments. It takes up such topics as quantum foam and virtual particles, consciousness and simulation theory, and artificial intelligence to show how everything old is new again….Under advance contract with University of Notre Dame Press for 2025
Rare in Any ColorThis book about the Rosenwald Fellows recovers a generation of African American writers, activists, and artists during a pivotal era at mid-twentieth century.TBD, under development with UNC Press
The LeewardA morally purposeful thriller about a Vietnam vet who becomes a smuggler in the coastal Carolinas in the early 1980s.TBD
For films and nonprint media…See the Projects page!