Faculty research profiles
William McKeen
Summary
Dr. McKeen’s focus is American popular culture. He has written or edited nine books and is at work on two more. He has published five biographies, a memoir and three anthologies — one about American history, one about rock’n’roll music, and one about literary journalism.
Recent publications
Book publications
Mile Marker Zero, a history (Random House, due in 2011)
Paradise Recalled, an anthology (University Press of Florida, due in 2010)
Outlaw Journalist, a biography (W.W. Norton, 2008)
Highway 61, a memoir (W.W. Norton, 2003)
Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, an anthology (W.W. Norton, 2000)
Literary Journalism: A Reader (Wadswortth, 2000)
Tom Wolfe, a critical biography (Macmillan, 1995)
Bob Dylan: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood, 1993)
Hunter S. Thompson, a critical biography (Macmillan, 1991)
The Beatles: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood, 1989)
The American Story, an anthology (Curtis, 1975, as assistant editor)
Recent magazine publications
The Florida Engineer, “Reality Bytes,” July 2009 (cover story)
Creative Loafing, “Talking About Doc Ford,” May 25, 2009
Creative Loafing, “Experience is the Key,” March 25, 2009
Creative Loafing, “A Different Era,” March 18, 2009 (cover story)
Creative Loafing, “Tim Dorsey’s Book Tours are Murder,” Feb. 18, 2009 (cover story)
American History, “The Day the Music Died,” February 2009
Creative Loafing, “A Slaying in the Suburbs,” Jan. 21, 2009
Creative Loafing, “Taking Off the Band-Aid,” Nov. 17, 2008
Creative Loafing, “When Harry Met Mickey,” Oct. 15, 2008
The Florida Engineer, “Hip to Be Square,” July 2008
American History, “Fifty Years on the Road,” December 2007
American History, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Elvis,” August 2007 (cover story)
Recent reviews in journals
Journalism Quarterly, “Journalism Ethics Goes to the Movies" (book review), Fall 2008
Political Communication, “Journalism in the Movies” (book review), Spring 2007
Keywords
History of journalism, literary journalism, newspapers, magazines, biography, popular music, popular culture Dr. McKeen’s focus is American popular culture. He has written or edited nine books and is at work on two more. He has published five biographies, a memoir and three anthologies — one about American history, one about rock’n’roll music, and one about literary journalism.
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