I am in the process of reformatting guncurious.com from being a blog site to being the main site for my book, Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside America’s Gun Culture (forthcoming in May 2024). Because I cannot afford the several hundred dollars annually for WordPress’ Creator plan to have a staging site, IContinue reading “Pardon The Mess on Gun Curious Dot Com”
Author Archives: David Yamane
Gun Curious Blog Migration Coming Soon!
This is a heads-up to those who follow my work on guns and gun culture on this blog. With the impending publication of my book, Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor’s Surprising Journey Inside American Gun Culture, in May 2024, this URL is going to become the landing page for that work. I will be migratingContinue reading “Gun Curious Blog Migration Coming Soon!”
Get Involved – Looking Ahead at the Future of My “Light Over Heat” YouTube Channel
With my book manuscript done, I am starting to think ahead, including how to keep my “Light Over Heat” YouTube channel interesting and useful for people. I will continue to post my thoughts on gun culture as I have them, but I’m also looking forward to doing some interviews with fellow authors. I also wantContinue reading “Get Involved – Looking Ahead at the Future of My “Light Over Heat” YouTube Channel”
It Is Done – My Book on American Gun Culture
12 years in the making, my book manuscript on American gun culture is done and in the hands of my publisher, McFarland & Co. (specifically its Exposit Books imprint). I don’t want to go into everything that got me to this point today. I want to express my appreciation to everyone who has helped andContinue reading “It Is Done – My Book on American Gun Culture”
Behind the Scenes Look at How the Sausage of My Gun Curious Book Got Made (Light Over Heat #72)
As announced on this channel last week, my book Gun Curious now has a publisher, the Exposit Books imprint of McFarland & Co. Publishers. I am finishing the manuscript as you read this and hopefully the book will be available for pre-order in Spring 2024 and for delivery in early summer. This has been a long and arduous, exciting andContinue reading “Behind the Scenes Look at How the Sausage of My Gun Curious Book Got Made (Light Over Heat #72)”
Big News About My Book on American Gun Culture (Light Over Heat #71)
Today’s “Light Over Heat” video has some big news about my book on American gun culture. Those of you who follow my work closely know that I have been talking about a November 1st deadline to finish the manuscript for my book, Gun Curious. Well, the reason for that deadline is that I found a publisher!!!!! In order toContinue reading “Big News About My Book on American Gun Culture (Light Over Heat #71)”
Bringing Light Over Heat to the EDC Podcast (Light Over Heat #70)
The deadline for completing my Gun Curious book manuscript is hanging over my head like a guillotine. With decreasing confidence, I am hoping to finish the job before it drops. Because I didn’t have time to record new content this week, I was going to edit down some of the “highlights” from a 45-minute-long conversation I hadContinue reading “Bringing Light Over Heat to the EDC Podcast (Light Over Heat #70)”
A Brief Review of “American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15” (Light Over Heat #69)
As I race to finish the manuscript for my book, Gun Curious, I spent 7 precious days revising the chapter on “Living with AR-15s.” In truth, I spent 4 days reading and thinking about a new book on The True Story of the AR-15 and 3 days revising my own take. I had finished aContinue reading “A Brief Review of “American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15” (Light Over Heat #69)”
How to Follow My Work
Someone recently emailed me with a seemingly simple question: How do I follow your work? A short question with a long answer. If you know of someone unfamiliar with my work, please share this post with them because I have literally flooded the field with avenues to keep up with my work/thinking. I list themContinue reading “How to Follow My Work”
Quick Take on the New “Gun Machine” Podcast from The Trace (Light Over Heat #68)
I wasn’t going to record a “Light Over Heat” video for this week because I am over my head trying to finish the Gun Curious book I spoke about in last week’s video. But my morning email from The Trace let me know that a new podcast just launched from their reporter Alain Stephens. IContinue reading “Quick Take on the New “Gun Machine” Podcast from The Trace (Light Over Heat #68)”
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