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Michael P. Daley
BornChicago, United States
OccupationAuthor, cultural historian
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenreCrime, true crime, politics, art
Website
michaelpdaley.com

Michael P. Daley is an American author and cultural historian. Daley's work primarily concerns crime, subcultures, politics, and art. He is a former counterculture archivist and political news editor.[1]

Career

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From 2009 to 2014, Daley was employed at Boo-Hooray as an archivist engaged in the preservation of counterculture and political movements. During his time at Boo-Hooray, he facilitated the sale of cultural collections to institutions such as Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Cornell's Rare & Manuscript Collections, Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Miami's Special Collections, and Georgetown's Lauinger Library.[2] He has also curated exhibitions on William S. Burroughs,[3] Ed Wood,[4] private press vinyl,[5] science-fiction zines,[6] and Civil War photography in cities like New York City, Paris, London, and Montreal.[2]

One of Daley's first works as an author was That's Life: The O.L. Jaggers Story (Boo-Hooray, 2011) a short biographical pamphlet which talked about the legal struggles of a cult L.A. preacher once famed for his UFO-themed sermons. Daley has also worked as an editor for books like Feel the Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major (Anthology Editions, 2017),[7] Flying Saucers Are Real! (Anthology Editions, 2016),[8] The Situationist Times facsimile edition (Boo-Hooray, 2012),[9] and Houston Rap Tapes (Sinecure Books, 2013).[10]

First To Knock

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In 2017, Daley founded First To Knock, a small press publisher and sometime record label.[11] First To Knock titles are irregularly published and include Echoes of a Natural World: Tales of the Strange & Estranged (2020), a weird fiction collection that featured contemporary fiction by Daley and others, alongside new translations of French authors such as Joris-Karl Huysmans, Marcel Schwob, and Jean Lorrain.[12][13][14]

Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld

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In 2018, Daley’s Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld was published. Released on Daley’s First To Knock imprint, the book is a biography of a Native American career thief and safecracker who became a prison journalist and ultimately an Eastern Shawnee activist.[15][16] Daley researched and wrote Bobby BlueJacket over a period of six years. Referencing the microhistorical approach in the book's introduction, Bobby BlueJacket broaches larger questions about United States history through its specific focus on a single, relatively unknown individual.[17] Ron Padgett, an award-winning author and poet, regarded the book as a "fascinating and richly detailed biography and an intimate portrait of complex emotional and intellectual life". Jack Womack, a Philip K. Dick awardee described BlueJacket as: "Insightful, angry, straightforward, reminiscent of the subterranean classic You Can't Win by Jack Black." Daley's BlueJacket was featured in Los Angeles Review of Books,[17] Tulsa World,[15] Weird History,[18] Bustle,[19] This Land Press,[20] and Public Radio Tulsa/NPR.[16] The book was nominated for best non-fiction work for the 30th annual Oklahoma Book Awards.[21]

Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958–1992

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Daley also co-authored and edited Enjoy The Experience: Homemade Records 1958–1992 (Sinecure Books, 2013), which was featured in the BBC,[22] Vice,[1] and was called "the greatest music book of the year" by Los Angeles Magazine.[23]

As editor

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  • Echoes of a Natural World: Tales of the Strange & Estranged (2020)
  • Feel the Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major (2017)
  • The Flying Saucers Are Real! (Anthology Editions, 2016)
  • The Situationist Times facsimile edition (Boo-Hooray, 2012)
  • Houston Rap Tapes
  • Ed Wood's Sleaze Paperbacks (2011)

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Storm, Christian (April 2, 2013). "Unearthing America's Treasure Trove of Obscure Private Press Vinyl". Vice. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Michael P. Daley". Michael P. Daley. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Hecht, Erin Elisabeth. "Cut-Up: The Centenary of William S. Burroughs – The Emory Danowski Poetry Library". Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ed Wood Sleaze Paperbacks". COOL HUNTING. November 2, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Enjoy The Experience At Milk Gallery, NYC | Sinecure Books". Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Staff Picks – A Table by Leslie Lasiter". Printed Matter. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Major, Paul (June 2017). Feel the Music: The Psychedelic Worlds of Paul Major. ISBN 9781944860073. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Womack, Jack. Flying saucers are real! : the UFO library of Jack Womack.
  9. ^ Baines, Jess; Credland, Tony; Pawson, Mark (2018). "Doing it ourselves: Countercultural and alternative radical publishing in the decade before punk". Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976. p. 15. doi:10.7228/manchester/9781526120595.003.0002. ISBN 9781526120595. JSTOR j.ctv18b5q46.8. S2CID 158121500.
  10. ^ Houston Rap Tapes ARTBOOK | D.A.P. 2014 Catalog Sinecure Books Books Exhibition Catalogues 9781938265082.
  11. ^ "About". First To Knock. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  12. ^ Echoes of A Natural World: Tales of the Strange & Estranged. ISBN 9781734906004. OCLC 1226079025. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  13. ^ Dirda, Michael. "Why read what everyone else is reading? A guide to this season's hidden gems". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Spacek, Nick (October 15, 2020). "BOOKSHELF: The Disturbing Pulp of Echoes of a Natural World". CinePunx. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  15. ^ a b Watts Jr., James D. "Book chronicles legendary Tulsa outlaw figure, Bobby BlueJacket". Tulsa World. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Fisher, Rich (August 3, 2018). "Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld (Encore Presentation)". www.publicradiotulsa.org. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Michael P. Daley and Lance Scott Walker in Conversation". BLARB. April 14, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  18. ^ "The Weird History Podcast | weird, odd, and horrible history". Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  19. ^ "The Most Anticipated True Crime Books of 2018 To Feed Your Obsession". Bustle. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  20. ^ "Outlaw Canon | This Land Press – Made by You and Me". thislandpress.com. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  21. ^ "Oklahoma Book Award finalists". Oklahoman.com. April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Vanity vinyl: The era of homemade records". BBC News. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  23. ^ Duersten, Matthew (December 12, 2013). "The Best Music Books to Give Someone Who Would Never Buy A Music Book Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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