Timothy Denevi
Timothy Denevi
Associate Professor
Nonfiction; Essay
Timothy Denevi's most recent book is Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism (Hachette/PublicAffairs). He is also the author of Hyper, a cultural and personal history of ADHD (Simon & Schuster). His essays on politics, sport, and religion have recently appeared in The New York Times, Salon, New York magazine, CNN.com, The Atlantic, Literary Hub, and Time.
Selected Publications
BOOKS
Freak Kingdom PublicAffairs/Hachette
Hyper Simon & Schuster
IN THE MEDIA
Timothy Denevi on the Art of Journalism and the Power of Reading The Daily Stoic
"#1264: Timothy Denevi" The Joe Rogan Experience
Book TV: Freak Kingdom CSPAN
RECENT ESSAYS
"Among the Didionistas" Tablet Magazine, 2025
"The Fight of the Century: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul in Dallas" County Highway, 2024
"Joan Didion, the Death of R.F.K. and the Solution to a Decades-Old Mystery" The New York Times, 2023
“Right-Wing Story Time, Part 3: Sean Spicer and the Unbearable Sadness of Being” Salon 2023
“Right-Wing Story Time, Part 2: Chaya Raichik and the Ballad of Libs of TikTok” Salon 2023
“Right-Wing Story Time, Part 1: Jack Posobiec and the Banality of Influence” Salon 2023
"Kari Lake, Steve Bannon, and a Side of Orwell: My Adventures at CPAC 2023" Salon 2023
"How Joe Rogan Does What He Does: My Day with America's Most Famous Podcaster" Salon 2022
"An Eyewitness to History as It Broke: January 6, One Year Later" Salon, 2022
"Trump Says the Quiet Part Loud: The Final Day at CPAC" Literary Hub, 2021
"Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and a Dancing Roger Stone: CPAC Day Two" Literary Hub, 2021
"Cult 45: Day One at CPAC" Literary Hub, 2021
"QAnon Takes the Capitol: In the Crowd with the Insurrectionists as Trump Call for a Coup" Literary Hub, 2021
"American Brown Shirts in the Streets of the Capital" Literary Hub, 2020
"Election Night in the Capital: Proud Boys, Parties, Protest" Literary Hub, 2020
"This Week in America Would Make RFK Weep" CNN.com, 2020
"On the Clearing of Lafayette Square" Literary Hub, 2020
"Front and Center at the Michael Cohen Hearing" Literary Hub, 2019
"Fear and Loathing at Richard Nixon's Inauguration," from FREAK KINGDOM Time, 2019
"Hunter S. Thompson in Chicago, 1968: The Battle for the Democratic Party's Soul," from FREAK KINGDOM Salon, 2018
"On American Fascism and the Self-Destruct Button at the Heart of Our Democracy" CNN.com, 2018
"The Last Days of Robert F. Kennedy: On the Radical Compassion of an American Icon" Literary Hub, 2018
"On RFK's Murder and Conspiracy Theories" Salon, 2018
"Hear the Real Dr. Gonzo Roar" Salon, 2018
"Backcourt at the US OPEN" Literary Hub, 2017
"Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Hunter S. Thompson at the 1964 RNC" The Paris Review, 2017
"The Temple" The Normal School, 2017
"At CPAC: The Orwellian Power of Steve Bannon" Literary Hub, 2017
"The Future is a Ceiling of Impossible Water" Scoundrel Time, 2017
"January 20th, 2017: "Jesus Christ at the Inauguration" Literary Hub, 2017
"On Impulsiveness, Authenticity, and Donald Trump" New York, 2017
"November 8th, 2016: A Long Night in Washington, DC" Literary Hub, 2016
"On Amphetamine, Authority, and Hunter S. Thompson" New York, 2016
Dispatches from the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Literary Hub, 2016
"On the Road to Cleveland: Trump Speaks to the Werewolf in Us"
"Tuesday in Cleveland, Republicans Sing 'Shake it Off'"
"Wednesday in Cleveland: A Full-Blown Roman Circus"
"Cleveland, Last Days: Trump's Speech, The End"
"Bernie Bros and Trump Thugs: A Hot Day in Philadelphia"
"At the Last Day of the DNC"