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About Daniel Moran
Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O’Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers, he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics. A juror for the Hollywood Reporter's 2023 list of the 100 Greatest Film Books, his interests include Film, Literary Studies, Music, History, Biography, and the American West.
Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O’Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers, he teaches research and writing at Rutgers and co-hosts the podcast Fifteen Minute Film Fanatics. You can find his writing and other podcasts about books and films on Pages and Frames.
NBN Episodes hosted by Daniel:
March 9, 2026
Heartland Utopia
For William Allen White, the ideal Midwestern community was a utopian vision of what America could be: a prosperous, happy community built on equali…
February 13, 2026
The Colosseum Book of Contemporary Narrative Verse
Narrative verse, or poems that tell a story, has existed for millennia, yet the mode of writing has been neglected by literary publishers, editors, an…
January 24, 2026
Kubrick
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and A Clockwork Orange, presenting the most in-depth portrait yet of th…
January 11, 2026
On Elizabeth Taylor
In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-s…
January 5, 2026
Nothing to Fear
In 1956, Alfred Hitchcock focused his lens on an issue that cuts to the heart of our criminal justice system: the risk of wrongful conviction. The res…
January 3, 2026
The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time
In the October 12, 2023 issue of The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Feinberg offered an annotated list of the 100 greatest film books of all time. Drawing…
December 30, 2025
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath o…
December 29, 2025
Point Blank
John Boorman's Point Blank (1967) has long been recognized as one of the seminal films of the sixties, with its revisionary mix of genres including ne…
December 29, 2025
Tough Guy
Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for The Armies of the Night and again in 1980 for The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer's life com…
December 7, 2025
Going Rackless
Playing every angle for a shot at the big time, Chicagoans venture to area pool halls to perfect their games and navigate league play for a shot at …
August 22, 2025
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life…
August 22, 2025
Positive Tipping Points
As global change escalates, we are already starting to experience damaging tipping points in the social, ecological and climate systems that we depend…
August 11, 2025
The Disunited States
Is the breakup of an increasingly polarized America into separate red and blue countries even possible? There is a growing interest in American seces…
May 2, 2025
Poisoning the Well
This is the shocking true-life story of how PFAS—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—poisoned the entire country. Based on origin…
April 20, 2025
We Have Ceased to See the Purpose
We Have Ceased to See the Purpose: Essential Speeches of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (U Notre Dame Press, 2025) brings together ten of Nobel Prize–winner A…
February 22, 2025
The Word-Hoard Beowulf
Beowulf is the product of a profoundly religious imagination, but the significance of the poem’s Christianity has been downplayed or denied altogether…
December 22, 2024
American Scary
From the acclaimed author of American Comics comes a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror in America…
December 17, 2024
Bandit Heaven
From multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the thrilling true story of the most infamous hangout for bandits, thieves and murder…
September 20, 2024
Agincourt
Agincourt is one of the most famous battles in English history, a defining part of the national myth. This groundbreaking study by Michael Livingston …
July 25, 2024
Love Me Fierce In Danger
Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy (Bloomsbury, 2023) is the story of James Ellroy, one of the most provocative and singular figures i…
July 23, 2024
British Cinema
Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of Bri…
June 1, 2024
Haunted Man's Report
Robert Cochran’s Haunted Man's Report: Reading Charles Portis (U Arkansas Press, 2024) is a pioneering study of the novels and other writings of Arkan…
May 30, 2024
Film, Form, and Culture
This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture (Routledge, 2024) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With …
April 24, 2024
Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks: Interviews (UP of Mississippi, 2024) brings together fourteen profiles of and conversations with Brooks (b. 1947), in which he contempl…