| Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt Contributor(s): Hersh, Kristin (Author), Petrusich, Amanda (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 147731136X ISBN-13: 9781477311363 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: American Music |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.7" W x 6.9" (0.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Not only one of the best books of the year, it's one of the most beautiful rock memoirs ever written."--Michael Shaub, NPR"Gives a tremendous sense of what friendship with [Chesnutt] was like, for good and for bad, and leaves the reader feeling his absence even more once the book has ended."--Rolling Stone"[Hersh's] observations . . . always ring with a harsh lyrical truth . . . an eloquent, heartbreaking testament."--Pitchfork"It paints a more honest, insightful picture of the late singer-songwriter than any biography could . . . Beautifully, poetically told."--MOJO"A book that will move anyone who's loved and lost, regardless of whether they're a fan of the author or of Chesnutt."--R2"Storyteller tells storyteller. This is a stunning, difficult, and beautiful chronicle of why and how we breathe to create. It all loops back around. The true Vic comes alive in Kristin's words."--Michael Stipe"A raw, poetic memoir . . . a last, wonderful example of Chesnutt at his most charismatically mischievous."--Guardian"Hersh's language is vivid and conversational, as descriptive and elliptical as her own music."--Salon |
Contributor Bio(s): Hersh, Kristin: - Kristin Hersh is a founding member of the bands Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave. Her memoir Rat Girl was widely praised by publications from the New York Times to Rolling Stone, which named it one of the top ten best rock memoirs ever written.Petrusich, Amanda: - Amanda Petrusich is the author of several books about music, including Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78 rpm Records. Her criticism and reporting has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Pitchfork, Spin, BuzzFeed, and the Oxford American, where she is a contributing editor. She teaches music writing at New York University. |