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Russell Reising is Professor emeritus at the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Professor Reising has taught, spoken, and published widely on topics in American literature and culture, Japanese literature and culture, popular culture and popular music. He has lived, studied, and taught all over the world, including Taiwan, Japan, Finland, England, and the United States. Russ’s academic work has also resulted in his being commissioned to present workshops and lectures in England, Italy, Spain, Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, and Japan. He was also an original member of the Educational Advisory Board at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. In 2008, Russ was one of only thirty Americans invited to participate in the People’s Republic of China’s first international literary conference.

Peter Mills is Senior Lecturer in Media and Popular Culture in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He has previously published on Samuel Beckett, Van Morrison and The Monkees. Peter is currently working on a series of short books on individual songs, a book chapter on the history of live music in Roundhay Park in Leeds, and an ambitious project looking to catalogue the history of live concerts at Leeds Beckett University since 1970.

James McGrath is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He completed his doctoral thesis on the work of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and his first book Naming Adult Autism: Culture, Science, Identity was published by Rowman & Littlefield International in 2017. His poems have been published in various literary periodicals.