Sheets of Sound: Notes on Music & Writing

by Jaydn DeWald

Gathering together shards of autobiography, poetry, and critical commentary on music and writing, Sheets of Sound evokes DeWald's experiences as a musician and poet, father and teacher, movie-lover and teenage skater. This debut collection of essays-by turns lyric and philosophic-reflects on jazz improvisation, poetic constraints, writing pedagogy, and the "queer art of failure" (Jack Halberstam), offering fresh perspectives on artists as various...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913642259
• ISBN13: 9781913642259
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"