Jeff Porter is the author of Lost Sound: The Forgotten Art of Radio Storytelling, Understanding the Essay (with Patricia Foster), and Oppenheimer Is Watching Me. His essays and sound works have appeared in Antioch Review, Isotope, Northwest Review, Shenandoah, Missouri Review, Hotel Amerika, Wilson Quarterly, Contemporary Literature, Seneca Review, Blackbird, and Atticus Review, among other journals. His film and radio work include The Men Who Dance the Giglio, Writing on Rock: N. Scott Momaday, Dublin USA, Herby Sings the Blues, The Angel of History, and She Said He Wrote. He is a Professor in English at the University of Iowa where he specializes in contemporary literature, creative nonfiction, comparative media, and sound- and film-making.