Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z
A Library of America Special Publication
- Hardcover
580 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2017
Summary
The essential playlist of great writing about the music that rocked America, from rockabilly and doo-wop to punk and hip-hopThe 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’sShake It Upinvites 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598535310 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1598535315 |
| Author: | Jonathan Lethem, Kevin Dettmar |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 580 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2017 |
| Weight: | 825g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 152mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
“Excellent… . A feast of rock writing, freewheelin’, funny, and deep.” —Bruce Handy, New York Times Book Review
“A vivid cross-section of a half century’s worth of American music writing… . Lethem and Dettmar have made their selections both rightly and righteously.” —Jack Hamilton, NewYorker.com
“There are so many hits that this smart anthology mostly feels like a dream jukebox.” —Dwight Garner, New York Times
“Will remind you of just about everything you love about music.” —PopMatters.com
“Pop writing, at its best, doesn’t know the difference between desire and theory, which is precisely the reason for its power and its persistence. Lethem and Dettmar’s expansive anthology renders this wild, polychrome tradition, and the state of play today, with gusto.”
Ben Ratliff, author of Every Song Ever
About The Author
Jonathan Lethem
JONATHAN LETHEM is the author of The Fortress of Solitude and nine other novels; KEVIN DETTMAR is the author of Is Rock Dead? and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan.
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