The result was a novel that included accounts of both The David Lowery Band’s road trip and Camper Van Beethoven’s break-up.
Joy's essays, which were a combination of music criticism, memoir, and fiction,[11] appeared in a number of periodicals, including the Village Voice, the Boston Phoenix, San Francisco Weekly, and McSweeney's and on This American Life.
[16] On November 8, 2013, Joy appeared as the President's Keynote Speaker at the 55th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Participants included Samuel Cohen, Trinie Dalton, Ben Bush, David N. Meyer, and Adam Wilson.
Featuring an introduction by Jonathan Lethem, a foreword by Dennis Cooper, and blurbs from Dave Eggers and Ira Glass, with a new cover designed by Mark Lerner at Rag & Bone Shop.
Think Bob Dylan meets Pavement.” [25] The songs elsewhere earned praise for their “poignant lyrics and powerful imagery.”[26] The second batch “American Love” was released on the Fourth of July, 2020.
[22] A music journalist in Burlington, Vermont called “rerouting…” a "hot and tangled mess of lo-fi primitivism, joyfully juvenile catharsis and deep, abiding sorrow.”[28] A cultural critic in the weekly "Seven Days" described “roaming on” as “a record that plays out like a jumbled slice-of-life document, full of surprise and charm.