He serves as writer-director for Dagtype Films, a production company he co-founded in 2005. Bacon is also an independent scholar, with a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University. His publications, which link American literature with movies and other forms of popular entertainment, include "Flannery O’Connor and Cold War Culture" (Cambridge University Press, 1993). His next film project is a feature-length version of his romantic comedy short, "Oh Crappy Day." Thursday, July 6