t/james reagan

The official site of T/James Reagan, post-Empire fiction author of Act Like Me, Pushing Closer, Lovetrust, Beach House Burning, Famous For Nothing, Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup, Leeds House, Southland Tales: The Complete Saga, and Empire Waste, as well as the play MISS JULIE 2020.

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a post-empire deconstruction of henry johnson & the film's increasingly relevant themes of suicidal empathy, redemption, and manipulation.

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pushing closer, available here:

Amazon.com: Pushing Closer eBook : Reagan, T/James: Kindle Store

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five hours of commentary on taylor swift's the life of a showgirl

taylor swift's "the life of a showgirl"

Podcast Episode · the t/james reagan podcast · 10/31/2025 · 4h 53m

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t/james reagan's ten favorite films of the 21st century.

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i updated act like me to be the 'authors cut' with a ton of changes, and i've made it $1 so you can see what's new.

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since i gave up being terminally online for lent, i tracked everything i watched from 3/6 to 4/20 in my writing notebook. i took pictures of the pages, and posted them on my substack.

lentterboxd

Almost every lent, I give up drinking, but in the past year, I’ve been following a plan called “Operation: Don't Fitzgerald Yourself” where

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t/james reagan explores francis ford coppola's megalopolis.

three and a half hours of uncut obsession on ambition/ the sacred act of creation/ betting on yourself/ trusting your vision/ future predictions become a reality/ loyalty as a virtue/ art as exhibitionist therapy/ and hope.

if you enjoyed this episode, please consider buying one of my novels, here-> https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00GMKD3CY

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i’m reading from my novel in the parking lot of the dead mall in livingston nj. here are my pics from my mall visit: https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/1dm5zyr/jersey_boy_drifts_through_a_dead_mall/

here is the novel i’m reading from: https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Waste-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B00K5WI1JK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EHHCT9PFRZK6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Sqr3ZP9FzJyHCzPAMqcwUp-DMifUWo-LOhaXt13XZCfjJ5P0iIadMM46Pz4by6NWTDCEn84ydcWd4HzhmEQ6goD1CaRLcfFu73-hUWiGI8AqMHavkRCLbKSwZJZgTnoZCILzMQeIwAOT0eLm1poLjxQIDhymMQ0eNtsU49R8PNP170U4yElFXCPHo9aFaovBxlBx24o0NNJDLG4smIKeOUrxRANYt2kO2gBclxfihEg.mLEdWfah-TYZD5FECN7jTct768corMUDhF7UhF6AKwA&dib_tag=se&keywords=empire+waist+novel&qid=1719634795&s=digital-text&sprefix=empire+waste+novel%2Cdigital-text%2C99&sr=1-1

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i've officially listened to 200,000 songs over the past decade and a half.

here's my top 10s from a strictly most-listened basis.

oddly enough, none of my favorite songs are my most listened songs.

200,000 listens/ 60,651 unique songs/ 12,565 artists/ 24,343 albums/

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t/james reagan fully explores boy genius damien chazelle's hollywood epic, babylon. from script to screen, the entire film is analyzed with reagan's bizarre, personal, obsessive voice, for a unique companion to a future cult classic.

if you enjoy this podcast, please consider buying one of reagan's novels, such as his own hollywood satire "Famous For Nothing."

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‎the t/james reagan podcast: sofia coppola's priscilla on Apple Podcasts

‎Show the t/james reagan podcast, Ep sofia coppola's priscilla - Jan 13, 2024

for the sixth episode of the t/james reagan podcast, i give you my immediate reaction to sofia coppola's 'priscilla'. over the course of an hour and a half, i discuss my history with sofia's work, what i loved about priscilla, what didn't work for me, and at some point, i lose the plot and angrily rant about the phildelphia eagles (again).

also discussed is how beer and red wine should be the only legal drugs, how sofia handles girlhood better than any filmmaker, how many times is too many to put someone ahead of yourself, and finally, how romance is a feeling not a contract.

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2t9ZzXiiNOihEQ1uEFWbpe?si=879ea1d6ca1b47cd

my most sofia coppola-coded novel: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202022593-pushing-closer

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for the fifth episode of the t/james reagan podcast, i give you my immediate reaction to bradley cooper's maestro. over the course of an hour, i discuss my history with bradley's work, what i loved about maestro, what didn't work for me, and at some point i lose the plot and angrily rant about the phildelphia eagles.

mp3: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bradley-coopers-maestro/id1669322156?i=1000639555669

the novel i mention: https://www.amazon.com/Pushing-Closer-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B0CN5MV2WY

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My new novel is inspired by Richard Kelly movies, high strangeness, black and white motel movies, and finding yourself by leaving everything behind.

You can read it here: https://www.amazon.com/Neon-Blacktop-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B0BJ6HRB34

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In my 30 minute audio essay on Bret Easton Ellis' #White, I review the book, discuss #postEmpire fiction and detail my illegal 800 page adaptation of Outrageous Mike.

Youtube: (link: https://youtu.be/UanabjaCApQ) youtu.be/UanabjaCApQ

MP3: (link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-t-james-reagan-podcast/id1669322156) 

Buy White: (link: https://www.amazon.com/White-Bret-Easton-Ellis/dp/0525656308) amazon.com/White-Bret-Eas…  #breteastonellis

Buy Empire Waste: https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Waste-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B00K5WI1JK

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SOUTHLAND TALES: THE COMPLETE SAGA

I wrote a novelization of Richard Kelly’s 2006 film Southland Tales.

You can download it for FREE at the links below:

https://archive.org/details/SouthlandTalesNovelTJamesReagan

and

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wFkv2lfjD2mTk8eIVD8T0T8w2C9KipMn/view

If you enjoy my work, feel free to check out my other novels: https://www.amazon.com/T-James-Reagan/e/B00GMKD3CY

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lovetrust, here_>>http://www.amazon.com/Lovetrust-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B01666S6FW/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454501890&sr=8-1&keywords=lovetrust

If you like it, please leave a review.

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Here’s me, trying to get you to buy this $3 book-> http://www.amazon.com/Lovetrust-T-James-Reagan-ebook/dp/B01666S6FW/ref=la_B00GMKD3CY_1_4_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446224381&sr=1-4