Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006

The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & More

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By Mary Gaitskill

By Daphne Carr

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Whether you count yourself a member of the hip-hop nation, bang your head yearly at Ozzfest, wear a cowboy hat, or dance to the top twenty, you’re sure to find something to love in Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006. Gathering a rich array of writing by music journalists, novelists, and scribes from a wide range of sources-highbrow literary quarterlies to ‘zines and blogs–Da Capo Best Music Writing is a multi-voiced snapshot of the year in music writing that, like the music it illuminates, is every bit as thrilling as it is revealing.

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On Sale
Apr 27, 2009
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Da Capo Press
ISBN-13
9780786735082

Mary Gaitskill

About the Author

Mary Gaitskill is the author of the novel Veronica, a finalist for the National Book Award and one of the New York Times‘ top five novels of the year. She is the author of Because They Wanted To, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1998. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, Esquire, The Best American Short Stories (1993), and The O. Henry Prize Stories (1998). Her story “Secretary” was the basis for the film of the same name. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she teaches creative writing at Syracuse University. She lives in New York.

Daphne Carr is the author of Pretty Hate Machine, and her work appears regularly in the Associated Press, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, and other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.

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