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Michael Hemmingson

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Michael Hemmingson has covered local homicides, bands, art, culture, and social issues for the Reader. He also publishes novels, short story collections, literary criticism, and edited anthologies, such as Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader, and The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers. His novel, The Rose of Heaven, set in Temecula, c. 1911, won the first San Diego Book Awards Association’s Novel-in-Progress Grant in 2000. The SDBAA also awarded him Best Published Novel of 2002 for Wild Turkey, a noir thriller that takes place in North Park and Las Vegas. His latest book is set for release in summer 2008: In the Background Is a Walled City, set in San Diego and Santa’s Castle in the North Pole.


Hemmingson is also an ethnographer, publishing both empirical and theoretical work in qualitative inquiry under the aegis of sociology, communications, and anthropology, with forthcoming books iBLOGGER: Symbolic Interaction, Digital Ethnography, and the Electronic Double in the Blogosphere and Auto/Ethnographies: Sex, Death and Independent Filmmaking in the Eighth Moment of Qualitative Inquiry. He is currently finishing two ethnographic studies of Tijuana, Zona Norte and Shadow Lives, and a social issues study of homelessness, Now I Know What Happened to Me.


His first feature film, The Watermelon, was released in fall 2008.

Recent Stories

Instant Groove
Instant Groove

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Incomplete Neighbor’s debut album, Suspended Electric Coma, hit the streets May 9 featuring ten original pieces of art on the ...

Hey, Hoochie Mamas
Hey, Hoochie Mamas

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
In March of this year, Revolt in Style called the Buzzbombs “San Diego’s Favorite Party Band.” The rockabilly trio is ...

Not the Loudest
Not the Loudest

Wednesday, May 27, 2009
In junior high, Kelly Dalton started writing songs and playing in bands and then began gigging, touring, and recording in ...

Less Agro
Less Agro

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Solo musician Derek Papa is a nostalgic fellow. “I would like to see those stage guitar holders come back,” he ...

Can't Get Enough Journey
Can't Get Enough Journey

Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009
What is it about the ’80s that keeps us looking back? Michael Mahin, guitarist for San Diego–based Neon Nation, an ...

Bouncers: 97% Nothing, 3% Hell and Terror
Bouncers: 97% Nothing, 3% Hell and Terror

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
No Slashed Tires “It’s nothing like Road House, there’s no Patrick Swayzes,” says Ted Washington, who divides his time as ...

Nuke the Atoll
Nuke the Atoll

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Christmas Island was formed in August 2007. “Lucy [Wehrly] and I had already been dating awhile when we decided to ...

Darkwave Batcave
Darkwave Batcave

Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008
Robin Roth can be heard on Rock 105.3 FM Monday through Friday from 10 p.m. to midnight, but she’s best ...

Eclectic Electric
Eclectic Electric

Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
Matt Resovich is one of those musicians who keeps busy and often commits to many projects at a time. He’s ...

Jet-Set 'J
Jet-Set 'J

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
When asked about her stage name, DJ Miss Lisa says, “I used to be a go-go dancer, and when I ...

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