M. Syd Rosen lives in London, where he writes about fame, fantasy, and radical politics. He is the author of International Freak: Robin Farquharson and the Dream of Psychedelic Revolt (Strange Attractor Press, 2026) and the editor of Harry Fainlight’s collected poems, forthcoming with New York Review Books. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and is also a regular contributor to The TLS. Alongside his writing, Rosen is the co-founder of Jargon, a non-profit dedicated to diasporic culture.