Grand Mogul Books published Journal of the Plague Years in three volumes on October 30, 2025. The books are filled with questions of conscience, rants about Sprinter vans and the people who buy them, tales of resilience and consilience in the face of pandemics medical and spiritual, and the desperate search for things to believe in when the zeitgeist is selling pure nihilism.
Journal of the Plague Years, Vol. I: End Notes (March 2020 - March 2021)
Journal of the Plague Years, Vol. II: Ghost Dance (September 2021 - October 2022)
Journal of the Plague Years, Vol. III: Aftermath (April 2023 - October 2024)
All three volumes are available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and all other major book retailers. You can also ask your local independent bookstore to order them for you.
Reading at Stanley Community Library: Writing as Personal Archeology
John will talk about how writing can uncover memories, and will read “My Short Life as a Smart Person,” “Destroyed Stories,” and “Metaphors of Memory.” Thursday, August 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Stanley Community Library.
Recording Now Available for John's May 2025 Reading
You can watch John's reading at the Hailey Public Library here: youtube.com/live/K7ykvoOCAeQ?si=ABxNQ69c4RPez5bg.