He’s a regular contributor to the LA Review of Books and Lapham’s Quarterly, and is the co-editor (with Joanna Ebenstein) of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology. As a writer, speaker, and academic, he has made a career out of collecting unusual objects and hidden histories all over the country. With a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, he is an associate professor of creative writing at National Colin Dickey grew up in San Jose, California, a few miles from the Winchester Mystery House, the most haunted house in America. He is also a member of the Order of the Good Death, a collective of artists, writers, and death industry professionals interested in improving the Western world’s relationship with mortality. With a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, he is an associate professor of creative writing at National University.Colin Dickey grew up in San Jose, California, a few miles from the Winchester Mystery House, the most haunted house in America. He’s a regular contributor to the LA Review of Books and Lapham’s Quarterly, and is the co-editor of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology. On this week’s PreserveCast things are about to get weird as we enter spooky season with The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained.Ĭolin Dickey is a writer, speaker, and academic, and has made a career out of collecting unusual objects and hidden histories all over the country. With the same curiosity and insight that made Ghostland a hit with readers and critics, Colin looks at what all fringe beliefs have in common, explaining that today’s Illuminati is yesterday’s Flat Earth: the attempt to find meaning in a world stripped of wonder. Enter Colin Dickey, Cultural Historian and Tour Guide of the Weird.
In a world where rational, scientific explanations are more available than ever, belief in the unprovable and irrational–in fringe–is on the rise: from Atlantis to aliens, from Flat Earth to the Loch Ness monster, the list goes on.
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