My book, Blood and Lightning, explains how tattoo artists think, feel, and act.

Stanford university press, 02/2024

“a landmark study of the craft of tattooing that is consistently compelling and rewarding.”

-Chicago Review of Books, “12 Must-Read Books of February 2024”

  • "More than any other ethnography I've read, this one breathes on the page."

    JENNIFER C. LENA, author of Entitled: Discriminating Tastes and
    the Expansion of the Arts

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