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“lesley chow”

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  • You're History

    The Twelve Strangest Women in Music

    by Lesley Chow ...
    Raucous, sensual and sublime: how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop.From Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj, from Janet Jackson to TLC and Taylor Swift, pop's greatest female pioneers are simply strange: smashing notions of taste and decorum, and replacing them with new ideals of pleasure.Instead of rehashing biographies, Lesley Chow dives deep into the music of these groundbreaking ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

    by Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman ...
    "The teaching of creative writing just entered a whole new era . . . Heavens, what a joy this book is." —Lynne Truss, New York Times–bestselling author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves"What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted."Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! It is full of what we in the business call 'really awful writing.'""But how ... Read more

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  • What Are You Laughing At?

    How to Write Humor for Screenplays, Stories, and More

    by Brad Schreiber ...
    **Winner of the 2022 William Randolph Hearst Award for Outstanding Service in Professional Journalism**“People have forgotten how to be funny,” says Chris Vogler in his foreword to What Are You Laughing at? Luckily, experienced and award-winning humor writer Brad Schreiber is here to remind us all how it’s done. If laughter is the best medicine, be prepared to feel fit as a fiddle after perusing ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Naked at the Albert Hall

    The Inside Story of Singing

    by Tracey Thorn ...
    In her bestselling autobiography Bedsit Disco Queen, Tracey Thorn recalled the highs and lows of a thirty-year career in pop music. But with the touring, recording and extraordinary anecdotes, there wasn't time for an in-depth look at what she actually did for all those years: sing. She sang with warmth and emotional honesty, sometimes while battling acute stage-fright.Part memoir, part wide ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z

    A Library of America Special Publication

    Edited by Jonathan Lethem, Kevin Dettmar ...
    The essential playlist of great writing about the music that rocked America, with fifty landmark pieces on Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Lez Zepplin, and other rock n’ roll legendsJonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar's Shake It Up invites the reader into the tumult and excitement of the rock revolution through fifty landmark pieces by a supergroup of writers on rock in all its variety, from heavy metal ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • You Play the Girl

    On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages

    by Carina Chocano ...
    N ational B ook C ritics C ircle A ward Winner . "With dazzling clarity, [Chocano's] commentary exposes the subliminal sexism on our pages and screens."— O, The Oprah MagazineAs a kid in the 1970s and 80s, Carina Chocano was confused ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Making Shapely Fiction

    by Jerome Stern ...
    A deft analysis and appreciation of fiction—what makes it work and what can make it fail.Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page—whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. You will see how a work takes form and shape once you grasp the principles of momentum, tension, and immediacy. "Tension," ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Unlikeable Female Characters

    The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate

    by Anna Bogutskaya ...
    She's too angry. Too weird. Too messy. And now, she's the main character.Unlikeable Female Characters is a fierce, funny, and razor-sharp takedown of the cultural obsession with "likeable" women—and a celebration of the flawed female icons who broke the rules.From Amy Dunne in Gone Girl to Regina George, Fleabag, and Skyler White, these are the women who provoke, polarize, and captivate. Anna ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • The Ecstasy of Influence

    Nonfictions, Etc.

    by Jonathan Lethem ...
    What’s a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what’s contemporary culture supposed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling with what he calls the “white elephant” role of the writer as public intellectual, arrives at an astonishing range of answers.A constellation of previously published pieces and new essays as provocative and idiosyncratic ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung

    The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll

    by Lester Bangs ...
    Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Spunk & Bite

    by Arthur Plotnik ...
    Today's writer needs more than just a solid knowledge of usage and composition to write successfully. Bestselling author Arthur Plotnik reveals the secrets to attention-grabbing, unforgettable writing, in this trade paperback edition.Updated with all-new writing exercises, Spunk & Bite will help writers take books, articles, business reports, memos, and even e-mail messages to the next level. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • How to Write About Music

    Excerpts from the 33 1/3 Series, Magazines, Books and Blogs with Advice from Industry-leading Writers

    by Marc Woodworth, Ally-Jane Grossan ...
    If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, you'd do best to hone your chops and avoid clichés (like the one that begins this sentence) by learning from the prime movers. How to Write About Music offers a selection of the best writers on what is perhaps our most universally beloved art form. Selections from the critically-acclaimed 33 1/3 series appear alongside new interviews and ... Read more

    $36.49 USD