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Kristin Hersh presents Don't Suck, Don't Die
Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 PM
Kristin Hersh presents Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt
In conversation with Amanda Petrusich
Reading, discussion and musical performance
Tickets $23 (includes a copy of the book)
Part of the Brooklyn Voices Series presented by Greenlight Bookstore and St. Joseph's College
Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, a quadriplegic who could play only simple chords on his guitar, recorded seventeen critically acclaimed albums before his death in 2009; in 2006, NPR placed him in the top five of the ten best living songwriters, and his songs have covered by artists from Madonna to Neutral Milk Hotel. Kristin Hersh, founding member of the bands Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave and author of Rat Girl (named one of the top 10 best rock memoirs every written by Rolling Stone), toured with Chesnutt for nearly a decade. In her new book Don't Suck, Don't Die, a memoir of their deep friendship and life on the road, Hersh plumbs the sources of Chesnutt's pain and creativity more deeply than any conventional account of his life and recordings ever could. Chesnutt was difficult to understand and frequently difficult to be with, but, as Hersh reveals him, he was also wickedly funny and painfully perceptive. Hersh talks about the book, music, and Chesnutt with music critic and professor Amanda Petrusich, who wrote the book's foreword. The discussion is followed by an exclusive musical performance by Hersh, and a book signing.
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Kristin Hersh is a founding member of the bands Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave. Her memoir Rat Girl was widely praised by publications from the New York Times to Rolling Stone, which named it one of the top ten best rock memoirs ever written.
Amanda Petrusich is the author of several books about music, including Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78 rpm Records. Her criticism and reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Pitchfork, Spin, BuzzFeed, and Oxford American, where she is a contributing editor. She teaches music writing at New York University.
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Greenlight Bookstore has partnered with St. Joseph's College since 2012 to present the Brooklyn Voices series of literary presentations and discussions at Tuohy Hall, part of the college's historic Pratt-designed Brooklyn campus. Past guests have included Junot Diaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, Greil Marcus, David Mitchell, Colson Whitehead, and others.
More at greenlightbookstore.com/brooklynvoices.
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LocationSt. Joseph's College, Tuohy Hall (View)
245 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
United States
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