UNWANTED KIN is based on historical events that in many ways are stranger than fiction. The main characters, Jon McComb and Amanda Gale are college students who happen to take a History class together, then find that their lives are entangled in a very unusual set of circumstances because of their ancestors. Murder, intrigue, controversial truths, religious bias and a mix of unusual characters will captivate the attention of the reader as the story unfolds. Bill Brown taught high school and coached for much of his life. He also worked as a Real Estate Broker and owned a Factoring firm. His...

From the pencil to the puppet to the drone the humanities continue to ride a wave of interest in material culture and the world of things. How should we understand the force and figure of that wave as it shapes different disciplines? In "Other Things," Bill Brown explores this question by considering an assortment of objects from beach glass to cell phones, sneakers to skyscrapers that have fascinated a range of writers and artists, including Virginia Woolf, Man Ray, Spike Lee, and Don DeLillo.
Brown ranges across the literary, visual, and plastic arts to depict the curious lives of...