Illiterati Press published "Double Snake Bourbon", a 139-page collection of Desjardins' poetry, lyrics and prose. Desjardins wrote for the magazines "Slash", "Forced Exposure", "Asian Trash Cinema" and "Cult Movies". He has spent almost twenty years researching and compiling an encyclopedia of Japanese yakuza films. Titled "Gun and Sword: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980", research for the book was partly funded by the Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship. He also wrote liner notes and audio commentary tracks for DVDs of a variety of classic Japanese genre films, Italian cult and arthouse films.