The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy is a 1986-set comedic spy thriller where an aspiring LA drummer, Rikki Thunder, joins a rising hair metal band that is secretly managed by the CIA to topple the Eastern Bloc through music. The novel combines '80s nostalgia with high-stakes, satirical Cold War espionage. (the library ladies).

The novel explores the intersection of glam metal culture and geopolitical intrigue, functioning as both a rock memoir and an outlandish spy caper (goodreads).

Factory Town

"We're machines, kiddo. Humans can go to rusting therapy, or drink coffee, or get dogs. The best thing we can hope for is better data storage."

Jordie lives a normal life: an android stealing from the human world for a secret underground factory, observing the eccentric friends with whom he shares a hive mind. Everything changes when his team encounters Tien, a rogue android secretly bargaining with aliens for a new world order. A runaway now living as a wealthy human in Worcester, Massachusetts, Tien is a threat to the factory and its inhabitants. Sent after him, Jordie is faced with uncomfortable truths about connection, isolation, and coffee with pepper. Factory Town, with its cast of lovable androids, turns a winking eye on humanity, with humor, dark honesty, and gloriously obscure references.

Heart the Lover by Lily Kingis a 2025 novel (companion to Writers & Lovers) centering on a young, unnamed college writer who becomes entangled in a intense love triangle with two friends, Sam and Yash, in the 1980s. It explores the lasting impact of youthful,, often reckless choices on love, friendship, and ambition, following these characters into middle age and dealing with loss and redemption.

WE WILL SEE YOU BLEED. “We Will See You Bleed is a thriller in the best sense. You can’t put the damn thing down, and the story of these down-and-outs fighting the powers that be will stay with you a long time. Solid-gold guarantee.” —Stephen King

A poetry/music collaboration created April 2025.  The program includes some pieces which have a strong blues jazz element. There are a few pieces that are contrapuntal readings - with multiple voices - including one by the Canadian poet, Robert Bringhurst.  Several of the pieces are duo or trio performances with two pieces involving all performers.

Write Yourself Home: A Creative Guide for Living Well in the Body You Have Through Embodied Writing and Movement Practice. Equal parts compelling story and transformative guide, the bookis a radical invitation to come home to your body—finding safety, joy, and connection, exactly as you are.