| Description |
xi, 301 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Needles and pens / Florence Dore -- Let it rock / Michael Chabon -- The genius and modern times of Bob Dylan / Jonathan Lethem -- All the poets: Musicians on writing (interview with Scott Timberg) / Rhiannon Giddens -- Chronicles: Volume one (excerpt) / Bob Dylan -- Banjo interlude: An idle teen's life is saved by music / Daniel Wallace -- Tonight we improvise (excerpt from Sag Harbor) / Colson Whitehead -- Ubu lives!: Remembering punk and its stories / Rick Moody -- By heart (excerpt from Eat the document) / Dana Spiotta -- Precious resource: Rock and our generation of novelists (interview) / Jonathan Lethem and Dana Spiotta -- Whack fol the daddy-o: How I learned to hate Irish music slightly less / Roddy Doyle -- Dear Dylan (interview) / Lucinda Williams -- Iambic pentameter and the blues (interview) / Steve Earle -- Sir Patrick rocks! Dragging ancient ballads into the twentieth century, and what that can do to fragile young minds / Richard Thompson -- Two blue suedes / Laura Cantrell -- When we all get to Heaven / Randall Kenan -- English as a second language / Warren Zanes -- Cosmic ray / Peter Guralnick -- Ain't it always Stephen Stills / Lorrie Moore -- Black cowboys and Jimi Hendrix (interview) / Dom Flemons -- Anatomy of a Canned Heat hit: "Let's Work Together" by Wilbert Harrison / John Jeremiah Sullivan -- John Prine: The reluctant genius (interview) / Dave Jacques, Jason Wilbur, Fats Kaplin,and Pat McLaughlin -- The day the live concert returns / Dave Grohl -- Unknown band on a forgotten stage / Greil Marcus -- Right on time (interview) / Amy Helm |
| Summary |
"What is the relation between rock and literature? Compiled by 'rock novel' lit professor and indie musician Florence Dore, The Ink in the Grooves is a collection of essays and interviews about rock and literature from some of the most renowned novelists and musicians of our day-a backstage pass to musings on this topic from Richard Thompson, Colson Whitehead, Steve Earle, Michael Chabon, Rhiannon Giddens, Lucinda Williams, and others." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Music and literature -- History -- 20th century.
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Music and literature -- History -- 21st century.
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Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Rock musicians' writings.
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Music and literature. (OCoLC)fst01030479
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Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
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Rock musicians' writings. (OCoLC)fst01099252
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| Chronological Term |
1900-2099
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Dore, Florence, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Ink in the grooves. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501766251 (DLC) 2022005320 |
| ISBN |
9781501766206 paperback |
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1501766201 paperback |
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9781501766251 electronic publication |
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