edited by Florence Dore

Introduction: Needles and Pens, by Florence Dore
Part 1: The Inescapable Dylan1. Let it Rock

2. The Genius and Modern Times of Bob Dylan

3. All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): An Interview with Rhiannon Giddens

4. Chronicles: Volume One (Excerpt)
Part II: Rock 'N' Roll Saved My Life: Writers on Music5. Banjo Interlude: An Idle Teen's Life Is Saved by Music

6. Tonight We Improvise: From Sag Harbor (Excerpt)

7. Ubu Lives! Remembering Punk and Its Stories

8. By Heart: From Eat the Document (Excerpt)

9. Precious Resource (Rock and Our Generation of Novelists): An Interview with Jonathan Lethem and Dana Spiotta

10. Whack Fol the Daddy-O: How I Learned to Hate Irish Music Slightly Less
Part III: Rock's Literary Identity: Musicians on Literature11. Dear Dylan: An Interview with Lucinda Williams

12. Iambic Pentameter and the Blues: An Interview with Steve Earle

13. Sir Patrick Rocks! Dragging Ancient Ballads into the Twentieth Century, and What That Can Do to Fragile Young Minds

14. Two Blue Suedes
Part IV: Don't Let Anyone Write Your Story: Musings on Rock as Literature15. When We All Get to Heaven

16. English as a Second Language

17. Cosmic Ray: How Ray Charles's "I Got a Woman" Transformed the Music of Ray Charles, Allowed Him to Keep His Band, and Created a Musical and Social Revolution

18. Ain't It Always Stephen Stills
Part V: Losses and Erasures19. Black Cowboys and Jimi Hendrix: An Interview with Dom Flemons

20. Anatomy of a Canned Heat Hit: "Let's Work Together" by Wilbert Harrison

21. John Prine (The Reluctant Genius): An Interview with Dave Jacques, Jason Wilbur, Fats Kaplin, and Pat McLaughlin

22. The Day the Live Concert Returns

23. Unknown Band on a Forgotten Stage

24. Right on Time: An Interview with Amy Helm,