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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399575138
ISBN-139780399575136
eBay Product ID (ePID)227664025
Product Key Features
Book TitleForever Words : the Unknown Poems
Number of Pages144 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAmerican / General, Lyrics, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Poetry
AuthorJohnny Cash
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-026668
Reviews"In some ways the poems mirror Cash's songwriting, with terse ballads of outsiders in love, and parables drawn from the Bible...yet another look at a legend of American music." --Ben Sisario, The New York Times "In retrospect, we should have assumed that outlaw country musician Johnny Cash was leading a double life as a secret poet." --Dennis DiClaudio, The A.V. Club
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal811.54
SynopsisThese never-before-published poems by Johnny Cash make the perfect gifts for music lovers and fans alike. Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this poetry collection is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash's own handwritten pages. Now an album with music by Rosanne Cash, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Elvis Costello, and more. Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In this collection of poems and song lyrics that have never been published before, we see the world through his eyes and view his reflection on his own interior reality, his frailties and his strengths alike. In his hallmark voice, he pens verses about love, pain, freedom, and mortality, and expresses insights on culture, his family, his fame, even Christmas. Forever Words confirms Johnny Cash as a brilliant and singular American literary figure. His music is a part of our collective history, and here the depth of his artistry and talent become even more evident.
This is a necessary purchase for anyone who has listened and obsessed over the man as much as I have. Questions answered, tears shed within minutes, a magnified connection.