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About this episode

Gabriel Mckee discusses his research on UFO culture and his works related to Gray Barker.

Gabriel Mckee is a librarian, curator, and author whose research focuses on UFO culture, science fiction, religion, and book history. His past work includes books on theology and science fiction, curating exhibitions on Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain, and working as part of the editorial team for PHILIP K. DICK'S EXEGESIS. Last year, he published THE SAUCERIAN: UFOS, MEN IN BLACK, AND THE UNBELIEVABLE LIFE OF GRAY BARKER with the MIT Press -- a biography of a controversial ufological trickster. His latest book BEHOLD THE BEHEMOUTH: THE COLLECTED POEMS OF GRAY BARKER was released earlier this year. BEHOLD THE BEHEMOUTH can be ordered directly from the publisher Apport Editions, here: https://www.abebooks.com/Behold-Behemouth-Collected-Poems-Gray-Barker/32406173691/bd THE SAUCERIAN can be ordered from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Saucerian-UFOs-Black-Unbelievable-Barker/dp/0262049546/ Visit Gabriel online, here: https://gabrielmckee.com/ Info about BEHOLD THE BEHEMOUTH: A master storyteller, prankster, and mainstay of the UFO world, Gray Barker (1925-1984) is best known for his bizarre tales of Men in Black, the Mothman, and the Philadelphia Experiment. Barker is widely…

People in this episode

Guest: Gabriel Mckee

Topics covered

• Bigfoot
• UFO culture
• science fiction
• poetry
• biography
• Gray Barker

Keywords

• Bigfoot
• UFOs
• Gray Barker
• Gabriel Mckee
• poetry
• science fiction
• biography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MIT Press, Apport Editions, Amazon

Books & works: THE SAUCERIAN: UFOS, MEN IN BLACK, AND THE UNBELIEVABLE LIFE OF GRAY BARKER, BEHOLD THE BEHEMOUTH: THE COLLECTED POEMS OF GRAY BARKER, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers

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