Theodore Hamm is the founding editor of The Brooklyn Rail. His first novel, "Hank Thompson's Blues," was published in 2009. His nonfiction book "The New Blue Media: How Michael Moore, MoveOn.org, Jon Stewart and Company Are Transforming Progressive Politics" was published in 2008. His first nonfiction work, "Rebel and a Cause," about the 1960 execution of San Quentin death row author Caryl Chessman, was published in 2001.