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Rock Lit
Anti-Flag’s Chris #2 Prefers Poetry to Punk Novels

He likes to steal lines for his lyrics.

04.12.12
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
Cursive’s Tim Kasher Will Never Read ‘The Hobbit’ Again

But John Updike? Definitely.

02.23.12
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is a ‘Harry Potter’ Geek

A little Anne Rice goes a long way.

12.26.11
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
John Wesley Harding Keeps His Pen Name Songs Personal

But he’s actually got a lot in common with Wesley Stace.

11.21.11
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
Andrew Bird and His Very Big Words

The Chicago songwriter gets inspired by the sounds of syllables.

10.31.11
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
Les Claypool Stays Out of His Ass

Primus frontman explains literary influences and what it means to be a real writer.

09.16.11
Emily Zemler
Rock Lit
Jennifer Egan Excavates Musical Past

The self-described music outsider on her knowing, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

07.15.11
Piotr Orlov

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