Writing for people who think television, culture, and memory deserve the same scrutiny as literature.
I write novels and essay-length books that take popular culture seriously enough to argue with it — not recap it, not celebrate it uncritically, argue with it.
JB Minton
Podcast Co-Creator, The Red Room Podcast (2011-2022)
Podcast Co-Creator, In Our House Now: An Inquiry Into Twin Peaks The Return (2021-2022)
Author, Father, Why Are You So Angry: A children’s book for the growing man (2026)
Author, Enlightenment And Twin Peaks (2026)
Author, A Skeleton Key To Twin Peaks, 2nd Edition (2025)
Author, Sermons On The Outlaw Josey Wales (2023)
Author, Ey Up! An American Engages With This Is England (2022)
Author, A Skeleton Key To Twin Peaks, 1st Edition (2020)
The kind of writer
I don't write comfort reading or takedowns. What I write is closer to an argument: that the shows, books, and culture we treat as disposable are usually doing more work on us than we admit, and that looking at them clearly is its own kind of discipline.
If you want fiction and criticism that respects your attention enough to ask something of it, this is the shelf to pull from.
i’m generation x to the bottom of my heart and my heart has no bottom.
Buy It From Me While You Can
Here is some stuff I’ll sign and send to you. Limited quantities.
You can buy the books more cheaply through my publisher or on Amazon.
Author JB Minton is back with 31 short essays on unique moral themes from the 1976 Clint Eastwood masterpiece The Outlaw Josey Wales
JB Minton breaks down and analyzes every minute and every scene of Twin Peaks The Return, conveying his emotional method of making the pieces fit together. Filled with detailed charts, graphs, and a unique visual design that will enhance your understanding and appreciation of this complex, beautiful, and sublime work of art.
JB Minton’s comprehensive analysis and appreciation for all 12.5 hours of Shane Meadows This Is England. He explores the themes of trauma, racism, and transcendence in this dark comedy about skinheads in Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s England. NOTE: INTERNATIONAL PRINT ON DEMAND WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER, 2021.