Jim Ruland
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Jim Ruland

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Jim Ruland is the author of the novels Make It Stop and Forest of Fortune and the short story collection Big Lonesome. He also wrote the LA Times bestseller Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records, which was named a best book of 2022 by Pitchfork, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. Ruland co-wrote Do What You Want with Bad Religion and My Damage with Keith Morris, founding member of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and OFF!, as well as Giving the Finger with Scott Campbell, Jr. of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. Jim writes about punk and pop culture for Razorcake — America’s only non-profit independent music zine. He also writes book reviews and profiles for the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Jim’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Believer, Electric Literature, Esquire, Granta, and Oxford American, and has received awards from Reader’s Digest and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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