Devil Sent the Rain: Music and Writing in Desperate America
Tom Piazza
(Author)
Description
"WhateverTom Piazza writes is touched with magic." --Douglas BrinkleyAcclaimed author Tom Piazza follows hisprize-winning novel City of Refuge and the post-Katrinaclassic Why New Orleans Matters with a dynamic collection ofessays and journalism about American music and American character, in DevilSent the Rain.
"TomPiazza's writing is filled with energy, and with tender, insightful words forthe brilliant and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. Time and timeagain, Piazza identifies the unlikely, precious connections between recentevents, art, letters, and music; through his words, these byways of popularculture provide an unexpected measure of the times." --Elvis Costello
Product Details
Price
$17.99
$16.73
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Publish Date
August 23, 2011
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 0.9 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780062008220
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About the Author
Tom Piazza's writing on American music has appeared in the Sunday New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and The Village Voice. He is the author of The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz (University of Iowa Press), which won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award for music writing, and Blues and Trouble (St. Martin's Press), which won a James Michener award for fiction. He lives in New Orleans and is working on a novel.
Reviews
"Tom Piazza's writing is filled with energy and tender, insightful words for the brilliant and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. He identifies the unlikely, precious connections between recent events, art, letters, and music; through his words, these byways of popular culture provide an unexpected measure of the times."--Elvis Costello
"Tom Piazza's writing pulsates with nervous electrical tension--reveals the emotions that we can't define."--Bob Dylan
"Tom Piazza's writing pulsates with nervous electrical tension--reveals the emotions that we can't define."--Bob Dylan
