Grafton Tanner is an author and academic. His work focuses on Big Tech, nostalgia, neoliberalism, and education.Tanner's work has appeared in NPR, The Nation, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Real Life. His first book, "Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts," was published in 2016. His second book, "The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech," was published in 2020. His most recent book, "The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia," was published in 2021.Tanner hosts an audio series about the myths of capitalism called "Delusioneering." He also writes and performs music with his band Superpuppet.