Writer, cultural critic

Artist Residency Programs MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism

Education

MA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 

Professional experience includes

Mackey chair of Creative Writing, Beloit College; editor-in-chief, Chicago Reader

 

Books include

Gentrifier: A Memoir; Sweet Little Cunt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet; Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes; Threadbare: Clothes, Sex & Trafficking; Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity

 

Publications include

The Guardian, Anarchist Review of Books, The Baffler, Paris Review

 

Awards and honors include

“Books We Love,” NPR; New York State Council on the Arts; Eisner Award; National Endowment for the Humanities; “Best of the Best Books,” Chicago Public Library; National Endowment for the Arts; Senior Fulbright Specialist Program