When you’re listening to “Don’t Go Away” by Oasis and hear “Anaconda be there when you’re coming down/Anaconda be there when you hit the ground,” because you recently watched the new #anaconda trailer with Jack Black and Paul Rudd.

Looking for 2-4 more abstracts on gender & sexuality, queer theory, and toxic masculinity in Phantom of the Paradise. If interested, please email an abstract to phantomparadisebook@gmail.com. Abstracts accepted on rolling basis. Essay drafts due June 2026. Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Sending out a reminder of this call for papers for an essay collection on Phantom of the Paradise. Since its tax season, I’m extending the deadline until the end of the week, Sunday April 20th, if anyone would like to submit an abstract.

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/07/...

Deadline Extended until April 15th!

Call for Papers:

Seeking abstracts for a peer-reviewed edited collection on Brian De Palma’s cult classic Phantom of the Paradise. See full CFP details here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/07/...

Today, Michele Brittany and I submitted No Harm Ever Came From Reading a Book: Critical Essays on The Mummy Franchise, to University Press of Mississippi for peer review. It’s been a long journey to this point. Much thanks to Michele and all the writers who contributed essays to this collection.

Publication Day! My academic article, “Giving Voice to Her Craft: Workshopping Emily Dickinson’s Poetry as an Effective Teaching Strategy in Undergraduate Literature Courses” was published in CCTE Studies, vol. 89, no. 1 (October 2024)!

Presenting research for the first time at the Western Literature Association conference this week in Tucson, AZ. Excited to network and attend paper panels. Had the opportunity to hear Ofelia Zepeda and @sgj.bsky.social read at the opening reception last night. #westernlit2024

Call for Papers: Seeking abstracts for an academic edited collection on Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise. Abstract deadline November 15, 2024. See the full CFP here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/07/...

Presented on the efficacy of public health protocols in “The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot” today at UTA’s English Graduate Student Association conference.

Happy to announce the publication of Global Insight: A Journal of Critical Human Science and Culture, Vol. 4 (Winter 2024 Issue), of which I served as Assistant Editor:

Had a wonderful time hearing Zadie Smith speak and read from her latest novel tonight in Dallas. Thanks to Claudia and John from Whose Books for the ticket! :)

An excerpt from my short story “Blood Ties,” published in Halloweenthology: Dia de Muertos (Wicked Shadow Press). Link to purchase: www.lulu.com/shop/parth-s...

My Phantom of the Paradise costume.

Everyone seeing Emma Tammi’s Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters this weekend, don’t overlook her feature debut, The Wind: Demons of the Prairie. #fivenightsatfreddys #horror #emmatammi #horrorwestern #thewind #weirdwestern #emmatammithewind

My horror story “Blood Ties” in Halloweenthology: Dia de Muertos from Wicked Shadow Press. Available in paperback and EPUB formats. Link in comments.

Happy to announce my vampire horror short story, “Blood Ties,” has been published in HALLOWEENTHOLOGY: DIA DE MUERTOS by Wicked Shadow Press. Available for purchase in print and EPUB formats.

I’ve had a third found poem—based on Clarice Lispector’s Agua Viva—published in Issue 60 of miniMAG today. You may read it here: img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/94...

I’ve had 2 new found poems—based on Clarice Lispector’s Agua Viva—published in Issue 59 of @miniMAG_lit. You can read them here: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/949ffb49-d4ef-4d41-99d5-87223f7a1707/downloads/miniMAG%20Issue59.pdf?ver=1692291509641