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James Penner

James Penner is the editor of Timothy Leary: The Harvard Years (2014) and the author of Pinks, Pansies, and Punks: The Rhetoric of Masculinity in American Literary Culture (2011).

Articles

Acid’s First Convert, Cary Grant: On Edward J. Delaney’s “The Acrobat"
James Penner on Edward J. Delaney’s 2022 novel “The Acrobat."
James PennerNov 2, 2023
- Fiction
- History
A Giant Peak Called “The Doors”: A Conversation with John Densmore
James Penner interviews John Densmore, drummer for the Doors.
James PennerJan 7, 2023
The Psychedelic Genesis of the Doors: A Conversation with Robby Krieger
James Penner speaks with Robby Krieger, the guitarist for the Doors.
James PennerDec 16, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Making the Ugly Beautiful: A Conversation with Obed Silva
The author discusses his debut memoir, “The Death of My Father the Pope.”
James PennerApr 4, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
The Untold Story of the CIA’s MK Ultra: A Conversation with Stephen Kinzer
Stephen Kinzer discusses his new biography, “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”
Ed Prideaux, James PennerMay 19, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
The Anatomy of the LSD Romance in the 1970s: On Errol Morris’s “My Psychedelic Love Story”
James Penner analyzes the life and times of Joanna Harcourt-Smith and Errol Morris’s recent film about her, “My Psychedelic Love Story.”
James PennerJan 22, 2021
Psychedelic Pioneer and Confidence Man
A new biography of Michael Hollingshead, the man who turned Timothy Leary on.
James PennerFeb 19, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
Tackling Three-Letter Words — LSD, Sex, and God: An Interview with T. C. Boyle
T. C. Boyle dives down the rabbit hole of sex, drugs, and God in his interview with James Penner.
James PennerJul 16, 2019
- Fiction

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