| T/James Reagan | |
|---|---|
 tjames reagan.JPG | |
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | tjamesreagan.com |
| tjames.reagan/ | |
| tjamesreagan | |
Early Life
T/James Reagan was born in Marcellus, NY.
Career
T/James Reagan is a post-Empire novelist from New Jersey. Inspired by Bret Easton Ellis and F/Scott Fitzgerald, Reagan's novels confront a nation in decline.
His debut novel, "Famous For Nothing," is a satire of celebrity blogs.
His second novel, "Empire Waste," is an exploration of New York's fashion industry.
His third novel, "Leeds House," is a cabin in the woods novel for the millennial generation.
His fourth novel, "lovetrust" was written while Reagan was in college, and has now been released. It provides a post-Empire view of life and love in college.
The story of "lovetrust" continues in Reagan's fifth novel, "beach house burning" which takes place 15 years after the first novel was written.
After deleting his popular tumblr, HBGWHEM, Reagan chose to adapt the blog into a novel, Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup, which was released on September 1st 2019.
His seventh novel, "Neon Blacktop" is a sci-fi noir in the style of Richard Kelly movies.
Reagan's eight novel is a sapphic novel titled, Pushing Closer, about a woman who decides to see if it's possible to have a second act to an American life.
Reagan has also adapted August Strindberg's Miss Julie, transposing the play from a Swedish estate to a cable newsroom office.
On July 4, 2018, Reagan released a novelization of Richard Kelly's 2006 film, "Southland Tales" which can be downloaded for free, here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFkv2lfjD2mTk8eIVD8T0T8w2C9KipMn/view
T/James Reagan's work has been mentioned by NYMag, Fashionista, and Wonderland Magazine.
Contact T/James Reagan at [email protected]
Personal Life
T/James Reagan currently resides in Newark, NJ.
Novels
Lovetrust | A Coming of Age Campus Novel. 327 PAGES Part romantic comedy, part campus novel, and part coming of age tale, Lovetrust follows Kurt Jones as he attempts to connect with the women in his life during his junior year of college. Lovetrust is populated with characters grappling with their need for connection. Noni is searching for her missing brother, Gerard is searching for a talent he can turn into an identity, and Kurt is searching for a girl whose online journal has convinced him that she's his soulmate.
Beach House Burning | The Feel Bad Beach Book Of The Summer. 445 PAGES Set a decade-and-a-half after Lovetrust, Beach House Burning finds Kurt Jones reconnecting with his friends from high school. During this reunion, each friend reveals that their life hasn't turned out how they thought it would. The only one who achieved their childhood dream is Levi Banes, who's now a Spotify-famous country music star. With the profits from his constant touring, Levi has purchased a beach house, and his idea is for everyone to spend a couple months in this house on the New Jersey shore as a "summer vacation" where they can address what's dragging them down.
Empire Waste | Contemporary Noir Set In The NYC Fashion Industry. 344 PAGES Empire Waste follows Andrew Lorrie, a disgraced fashion designer, who finds himself unemployable after a disastrous Spring/Summer fashion show. With no other option, Lorrie accepts a job designing a competitors ready-to-wear line. As the line progresses, Lorrie begins to notice that the models who are arriving for castings and go-sees are disappearing. No longer willing to idly stand by while the fashion industry destroys more girls, Andrew becomes devoted to saving these "replaceable" models.
Leeds House |A Horror-Comedy About The New Jersey Devil. 315 PAGES In Leeds House, members of the metalcore band "Lies As Language" end up in New Jersey's Pine Barrens, where they're confronted with everyone's ultimate fear- being held accountable for their actions. With no one else to blame, each character is forced to pay the debts they've accrued through their own narcissistic actions.
Famous For Nothing | A Satire Of Celebrity Blogs. 344 PAGES Famous For Nothing satirizes celebrity blogs, while humanizing the socialites these blogs ridicule. Told with a mix of straightforward literary narrative and hilarious blog posts, a complete vision of the current state of entertainment journalism can be found within the novel.
Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup | A Female-Centered Novel Without Romance. 366 PAGES Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup tells the story of two sisters- Jillian and Kendra. Jillian is hot and blonde, while Kendra is a Twitter activist. Jillian runs a pizza place/ bar/ salon called Blondies, while Kendra doesn't really do much of anything. When Blondies refuses to serve a group of brunettes, Kendra's life goal becomes to destroy her sister's business.
Southland Tales: The Complete Saga | A Novelization of The Notorious Box Office Bomb. 475 PAGES/ Combining all of Richard Kelly’s drafts of Southland Tales, all of the prequel comics, and a sequel screenplay, Southland Tales: The Complete Saga tells the full story of a surprisingly precinct cult classic.
Neon Blacktop | A Neon Noir. 417 PAGES/ Neon Blacktop is a post-empire noir about a young man who is mystified by a neon blue smoke that he experiences in his waking life. When he's stranded at a motel in Virginia, he meets a woman who is receiving communications from a strange entity named Xavier Faint, and the two begin to research their shared phenomenon.
Pushing Closer | A Sapphic Novel. 431 PAGES/ Inspired by novels like Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays, Pushing Closer is a candid portrayal of one woman's journey to find herself by leaving everything behind. Quiet, grounded, and intimate, Pushing Closer is a literary novel of the moment.
Act Like Me | A Reality TV Satire. 434 PAGES/ A novel that imagines what would happen if Roman Polanski directed The Hills.
Plays
Miss Julie 2020 | An Adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie which takes place in a cable news station as the Coronavirus outbreak begins. 112 PAGES Moving the setting of Strindberg’s Miss Julie from a Swedish estate to the office of a cable news anchor, Reagan updates the searing back-and-forth dialog, and transforms the story into an exceptionally current and unflinching take on how American life changed in March of 2020.
Podcast
T/James Reagan hosts a solo podcast where he reviews movies, books, albums, and anything else that deserves his post-empire lens.
All episodes are available for free on Spotify and iTunes.
Influences
Utilizing the Bret Easton Ellis "post-Empire" branding, Reagan is often compared to the Less Than Zero author. The essay "In The Canyon's Of a Fallen Empire" written by Reagan was tweeted by Bret Easton Ellis.
Joan Didion's spare prose, Bruce Wagner's fearless view of LA, Tarantino's vulgar comedy, Diablo Cody's cute wit, Ellroy's punch you in the face directness, Kevin Smith's New Jersey absurdity, and Chuck Palahniuk's strong authorial voice have all impacted Reagan's work.
Reagan has adapted Shia Labeouf, August Strindberg, Richard Kelly and Shane Carruth, channeling their voice into unique unreleased projects.
Upcoming Projects
14 novels, 2 screenplay novelizations, 1 play, 4 screenplays, and 2 completed seasons of TV.
