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Mike Miley discusses his new book on David Lynch. Particularly interested in the idea of Lynch's influence on "Laura Palmer Pop", i.e. Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo... newbooksnetwork.com/david-lynchs...

RIP Penelope Milford

Finishing up Mike Miley's David Lynch’s American Dreamscape : Music, Literature, Cinema (2025) when the conclusion hit me kinda hard - he compares Lynch to DFW and Lana Del Rey. LDR has never really done it for me but he makes an interesting case w/sincerity-in-irony for all 3 artists.

Back in @criterion.bsky.social with a write-up on the LRB piece about David Lynch's American Dreamscape. Thanks, @dwhdaily.bsky.social! www.criterion.com/current/post...

The narrative is elsewhere. Buried as the conspiracy of the real. ⚫️^o^ Ebooks of Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 dropped a few days ago. Physical release Oct 16. Preorder here: bloomsbury.com/uk/twin-peaks-… Or even better: Please ask your local indie bookstore to stock Timecodes Series titles.

Katie on Haynes is required reading.

For your timeline pleasure, here's a VHS trailer for New World's HEATHERS: youtu.be/9FZYzcWIR20 #FilmSky

It is the eagerest hope of many, many good citizens of the town that George Amberson Showrunner gets his comeuppance. I hope he gets it three times filled, and running over. I also hope that those who longed for it are there to see it. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

David Lynch's American Dreamscape in the London Review of Books: @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I bought 3 of these during the last sale (Sirk, De Palma, Jarmusch) and have worn at least two of them every week since. If you don't buy them now, you're just losing money.

Let's make some *good* news! Here's what's ahead this fall on Watch With Jen pod. As always, guests & themes are subject to change & I'll have more announcements soon but this is a wonderful lineup & I'm honored to share it with you!

Happy 35th to ‘Pump Up the Volume.' An old piece about its prescience:

My first book is 50% off through Friday! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/Trut...

I went deep on David Lynch's American Dreamscape with Lost in the Movies. Joel's a really insightful reader and asked me some great questions. www.lostinthemovies.com/2025/08/twin...

New episode! David Lipson chats with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his new book DAVID LYNCH'S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE, his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, and being a high school teacher publishing academic books. aca-media.org/episode81

Listen to me talk with David at @aca-media.bsky.social about my nontraditional academic path and David Lynch!

People Are Like Radios :: Mike Miley on David Lynch’s American Dreamscape aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/08/p... Comparing and contrasting his oeuvre Miley demonstrates the strange and powerful way Lynch tapped into the human experience and the broader American pop landscape.

"[Lynch's] originality comes from how much he’s in dialogue with the world around him, and can transmute the stuff he’s taking in." Spoke with @mikemiley.bsky.social about his excellent David Lynch book, now up at @aquariumdrunkard.com. aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/08/08/p...

Proud as all get-out to have my book be considered part of "the good shit" at @aquariumdrunkard.com. Thanks to @jasonpwoodbury.bsky.social for a great interview and @thescrvnr.bsky.social for making the connection.

“Over the course of three decades of making movies, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson has changed a lot, but his fascination with how people and things do or do not change, has remained amazingly consistent.”

It's the last day of June so I'm going to share my book again. Caden and I wrote CFM with a deep and abiding love for trans people and our history dating back to the silent era of cinema up through the modern age. We did our best. Love y'all. bookshop.org/p/books/corp...

Share good news when you find it. This is a great (and greatly underappreciated) New Orleans novel.

Unranked and more or less off the dome

One of the most fun interviews I've done! Got to unpack DUNE in a post-David Lynch world with all around cool dudes @fifthcolumnfilms.bsky.social & @jasondashbailey.com on the latest GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC! Listen here: www.oneheatminute.com/guide-for-th...

NEW EPISODE of GUIDE FOR THE FILM FANATIC is live! The great @maxevry.bsky.social joins us to discuss David Lynch’s “Dune” — and his tremendous book about its making and legacy, “A Masterpiece in Disarray.” Give it a listen: pod.link/1274489817/e...

I need to become or befriend a rich person ASAP

Listen to me talk about David Lynch’s American Dreamscape with @petecant.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

Reading @mikemiley.bsky.social’s new book DAVID LYNCH’S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE after getting the go-ahead for my own #TwinPeaks monograph.

And @mikemiley.bsky.social’s DAVID LYNCH’S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE

Support your local independent bookstore today (and every day). bookshop.org/p/books/davi...

If you've ever wanted to read INFINITE JEST but haven't gotten around to it, register for this course I'm teaching for @92ndstreety.bsky.social's Roundtable series. Course runs 10 weeks, with 5 virtual meetings. Explore the book in a supportive atmosphere roundtable.org/live-courses...

Old! At the All Ages Show

Got to pose with a copy of DAVID LYNCH’S AMERICAN DREAMSCAPE at the @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social table at #pca2025

What a find at the Goodwill!

GIVEAWAY: Someone will get the free, in-print soft-cover book of their choice on May 1st if they A) Follow us and B) repost this message! This will include the Brian De Palma screenplay coming out in May and all that is in-print now! Spread the word and possibly WIN!

Been excited to dig into this one for a while!

Thanks, Ivan!

Mike Miley, the author of an upcoming book on David Lynch, astutely explains why Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is his greatest film (and I agree):

35 years. The mystery only deepens.

That thing when your friend & past #WatchWithJen pod guest @mikemiley.bsky.social sends you an envelope full of rockin' David Lynch swag along with his brand new extensively researched analytical film text so you take the most surrealistic David Lynch selfie you possibly can. ;)

This weekend I'm checking into @overlookfilmfest.bsky.social. Friday I'm introducing the short films of David Lynch Sunday I'm moderating a panel with horror writers @alysarden.bsky.social, @adamcesare.bsky.social, @alexjennings.bsky.social & @gradyhendrix.bsky.social See you there!

Very excited to see my essay on OBLIVION in this fantastic issue.

Cory Booker is on the Senate floor explaining that while it is undeniably the work of a cinematic artist, Twin Peaks: The Return should be considered a work of episodic television. Even though it is undeniably cinematic, it is nevertheless divided into 18 episodes of more or less equal length.

'Heathers' was released on this day in 1989. From the archives, a look back at its reception and influence: flavorwire.com/448044/celeb...

Jen’s essay is a great way to revisit this incredible debut.

I finally, *finally* got a copy of this today. I ordered it from local independent bookstore, so it took awhile. But it was worth the wait. @mikemiley.bsky.social

WILD AT HEART in Raoul Peck’s LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET

The Return Part 5 “Case files.” W/ @mikemiley.bsky.social. Going deep as always. Why do they not put liquid in coffee cups on tv? Who is the real Toad? What’s with all the muscle cars? www.reallyweirdstuffpod.com/the-episodes...