As the founding member and leader of the American rock band Wilco, and before that the cofounder of the alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy is one of contemporary American music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians, and performers.His new book is Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
One of Tweedy's six favorite books, as shared at The Week magazine:
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George Saunders (2005)Read about the other entries on the list.
I have no idea how my friend George Saunders gets language to do the things he gets it to do, mixing internal and external dialogue while achieving a depth and accuracy I've never encountered in anyone else's writing. He makes even jargon sound soulful. Like the Robert Coover book below [The Public Burning], this novella has an uncomfortably timely resonance.
--Marshal Zeringue
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