Join our panel of four incredible music writers as they discuss their researching and writing processes, in addition to how one decides which album to write about.

Kevin Dunn is author of Stiff Little Fingers’ Inflammable Material (2026), Global Punk: Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life (2016), three editions of the textbook Inside African Politics, and the award-winning novel Vicious is My Middle Name (2022). He is a professor in the International Relations Department at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Active in DIY punk scenes since the 1980s, he continues to perform in several bands, runs an independent record label, publishes various zines, and is a regular contributor to the influential DIY punk zine Razorcake.

Michael T. Fournier is author of three novels, most recently, The Impasse (St. Rooster Books, 2024). His book on the Minutemen’s Double Nickels On The Dime is the 45th installment of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series. Fournier is a regular contributor to Razorcake and is co-editor of the baseball zine Zisk. His byline has appeared in Pitchfork, the Boston Globe, the Provincetown Independent, and more. He’s co-founder and co-organizer of Outer Frequencies, a nonprofit devoted to bringing independent arts to Cape Cod, and plays with his wife, Rebecca Griffin, in Plaza, Cape Cod’s #1 band.

Zak Fusciello is a psychotherapist and drummer living in Baltimore with his wife and son. He joined the Moss Icon splinter band, Breathing Walker, in 1990 and later played with Moss Icon for reunion shows beginning in 2001. At age 50, he decided to give writing a try. His first book, part of the 33 1/3 series, examines Moss Icon’s Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly.

Mary Valle’s work has appeared in many publications, including the Guardian, the L.A. Review of Books, and Rolling Stone UK. She lives in Baltimore.

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