ISHAM COOK

Literary provocations

At the Police Café: China in Twelve Scenes

On-the-ground analysis of social and public life by longtime China resident.
Psychedelic massage

Experiments in psilocybin-mediated bodywork.
The Philippines: The crucifix above the massage table

Is massage compatible with Catholicism?
Massage vibrations in Vietnam

The explosion of Vietnamese massage services.
Five steps toward personal emancipation in an Orwellian world

Anti-fascist, anti-capitalist self-help guide for immediate practical application.
The Tao of Poison. A novel

A poisonous maiden, a Daoist sex cult, and a violent insurgency.
Loving many: Polyamorous self-actualization

Exploring the concept of generous intimacy.
Music for massage, meditation, sex, and psychedelics

Contemplating the music of the future.
An alien expat visits post-Covid USA

A 5,000-mile road trip to see old friends in changed times.
Pop music and the Asian face

Thoughts on aversive racism in the American music industry.
Music and totalitarianism

What happens to music when the state gets its hands on it.
Datura and the psychedelic Tao

Taoist sexual technology supercharged by the world’s most powerful entheogen.