I write plays and films. Check out these projects in the WORKS section.

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I am also the author of two books: A bilingual edition of my play Hotel Mayflower (Moloko Plus) and Beauty Doesn't Reach Me -- an   investigation of the history behind antifascist author Ernst Toller's death mask (We Heard You Like Books). ​

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My work as an award-winning editor and writer has been featured in places including Time, The Nation, The New Republic, BookForum, New York Press, The Wilson Quarterly, The Guardian and Zona Motel.

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You can read the best of these features on my WRITINGS page, and sample highlights of my music criticism - including liner notes for records by R.E.M. and Uncle Tupelo - on the MUSIC page.

  

You can also find my writing at my free newsletter: Stage Write. 

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Read more about my role in author Jarett Kobek's recovery of the plaintext for the long-unsolved K4 strand of the celebrated Kryptos cipher in this essay. 

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Want to produce or publish my plays? Hire me to write/edit for your publication? Get in touch via my CONTACT page.   

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Thanks for visiting! 

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Richard Byrne photo (top right) by DJ Corey Photography.