M. Syd Rosen
fame, fantasy, and the avant-garde
International Freak: Robin Farquharson and the Dream of Psychedelic Revolt (Strange Attractor Press, 2026) - author
'Ebullient and riveting' - Marina Warner
'A wild headrush' - John Higgs
Rhyming and Necromancy: Collected Poems by Harry Fainlight (New York Review Books, 2027) - editor
Texts
On Chaim Grade, Times Literary Supplement
On fascist yoga, Times Literary Supplement
On the novels of Emanuel Litvinoff, History Workshop
On Yiddish city writing, Times Literary Supplement
Current projects
John Brockman manuscript (drawing on The Marketplace of Dangerous Ideas, Cambridge PhD thesis, 2025)
A. J. Weberman manuscript
Ongoing research
The Society for Creative Psychology; Stanley Gould; Harvey Matusow; Barbara Rubin; Zabriskie Point; Drif Field
More
Jargon - co-director
People's Museum Somers Town - advisor