Douglas Field

Douglas Field is a Professor of American Literature at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the School of Arts, Languages & Cultures and the Division of English, American Studies & Creative Writing. He earned his PhD in English Literature from the University of York and has held prior academic positions at the University of York and Staffordshire University, alongside teaching experience with marginalized groups like young offenders and refugees.

His research focuses on 20th-century US literature and culture, with a specialization in James Baldwin, avant-garde writing, and transatlantic counterculture. Key interests include American Cold War culture, 1960s countercultural movements, and the ‘Mimeograph Revolution’ of underground poetry magazines.

Field is a founding editor of the *James Baldwin Review* (open access), a series editor for The British Pop Archive, and chairs Manchester University Press’s editorial committee. He has published extensively, including monographs like *All Those Strangers: The Art and Lives of James Baldwin* (2015) and *Walking in the Dark: James Baldwin, My Father, and Me* (2024), and co-edited volumes on figures such as Harold Norse and Jeff Nuttall.

Current projects include leading the AHRC-funded *James Baldwin and Britain* (2024–2027), exploring Baldwin’s relationship with British culture, and a forthcoming book on mid-20th-century poets and artists like Alexander Trocchi and Gustav Metzger. His writing appears in venues like the *TLS*, *Guardian*, and *Poetry Foundation*.