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1) War dances
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Publication Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories includes the title story, in which a famous writer, who just learned he may have a brain tumor, must decide how to care for his distant, American Indian father who is slowly dying.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishing
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In a poignant memoir of love, loss, and music, a rock and pop culture critic shares the story of his romance and marriage to RenTe, a young woman with whom he had little in common except for the music that brought them together, and RenTe's tragic early death, all viewed from the perspective of the mix tapes that the couple had compiled.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bar Yarns and Manic Depressive Mix Tapes" distills thirty delirious, jam-packed years of some of the best music writing ever to come out of the Twin Cities. As a writer and musician, the ever-curious Jim Walsh has lived a life immersed in music, and it all makes its way into his columns and feature articles, interviews and reviews, including personal essays on life, love, music, family, death, and, yes, the manic-depressive highs and lows that come...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends their entire lives. Cath would help Scott with his English homework, he would make her mix tapes (it's the 80's after all), and any fight they had would be forgotten over TV and cookies. But now they've graduated high school and Cath is off to college while Scott is at home pursuing his musical dreams. During their first year apart, Scott and Cath's letters help them...
5) Journals
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Publication Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
No editing, no footnotes: The Nirvana singer's JOURNALS is the year's most fascinating, heartbreaking rock book. 'I would only wear a tie died t-shirt if it were made from the Blood of Gerry [sic] Garcia and the urine of Phil Collins, ' Kurt Cobain proclaims in one of his rants in JOURNALS, a fascinating, exhausting, illuminating, and ultimately heartbreaking tour of his private world -- it's unlike any rock book ever. The text consists of facsimiles...