Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading

by Robert Christgau

Book Overview

In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that made him a critic-his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to punk and hip-hop, artists from Lead Belly to Patti Smith, and fellow critics from Ellen Willis and Lester Bangs to Nelson George and Jessica Hopper. But Book Reports also teases out the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478000309
• ISBN13: 9781478000303
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"