Stevie Van Zandt is set to publish his memoir, Unrequited Infatuations, on September 28th. Read Exclusive Excerpt: Stevie Van Zandt’s Long Walk Home From E Street The book will find the musician chronicling his life and multifaceted career, starting with his youth in New Jersey in the Sixties, when he …
Read More »Billie Eilish on Her Debut Book: 'It's a Crazy, Amazing Little Scrapbook of My Life'
“I love pictures of myself,” says Billie Eilish. She’s a visually-driven person, so it makes sense that having a large archive of pictures and home movies documenting her life is very dear to her. “It’s not a cocky thing. It’s a fun thing for me. I love having pictures of …
Read More »Stephen King Helping Kid Writers Publish Book Inspired By Pandemic
Stephen King is helping a group of young writers publish a book. According to The Associated Press, the Maine native’s foundation is covering $6,500 for a 290-page manuscript from students in the Author Studies Program at Lewiston, Maine’s Farwell Elementary School. (The students reportedly launched a Kickstarter to raise the …
Read More »RS Interview: Climate Scientist Michael Mann
If there’s ever a Hall of Fame for climate scientists, Michael Mann will be among thefirst to be inducted. More than 20 years ago, Mann — now a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at Penn State, as well the director of the university’s Earth Systems Science Center — co-authored a …
Read More »How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Brilliantly Mingled Sex, Religion
Leonard Cohen’s career had reached a low point when he wrote “Hallelujah.” It was 1984, and he had been out of the spotlight for quite a long time. His 1977 LP, Death of a Ladies’ Man, a collaboration with Phil Spector, was a commercial and critical disappointment, and his next …
Read More »Would You Eat a Lab-Grown Duck Breast? Inside the Alternate Meat Industry
This is an excerpt from the new book, The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World, published by Harmony. THE LABORATORIES OF Memphis Meats are located in Berkeley, California, next to a juice bar and a small-batch coffee roaster, and not far from Alice Waters’s …
Read More »Hear Logic's Guitar-Driven Soundtrack for Debut Novel 'Supermarket'
Logic has unveiled a new soundtrack to accompany his debut novel, Supermarket. The 13-track project finds Logic exploring an array of genres outside of rap, especially guitar-driven rock (the album opens with a driving indie rock tune titled “Bohemian Trapsody”). Logic collaborated with Mac Demarco on several cuts, including the …
Read More »The 15 Presidential Campaign Books You Need to Know for 2020
The 2020 Democratic primary field is already stress-inducingly crowded, and you’d be forgiven if you’re having trouble keeping track of everyone. Well, lucky for all of us, nearly every serious potential candidate has a book that lays out his or her policy positions while also offering up some personal backstory …
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