Lou Reed's Reading List
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts recently opened its Lou Reed Archive, a collection of papers, photographs,…
Tina Turner's Favorite Books
Late last year, rock queen Tina Turner gave an interview with The New York Times on the books that most…
Laurie Anderson's Top 10 Books
In a 2016 interview with LitHub, American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson spoke on the audio-visual nature of stories: “Some books need…
Brian Eno's Reading List For Rebuilding Civilization
Music pioneer Brian Eno is also a founding member of the Long Now Foundation, a San Francisco non-profit aimed at…
Alanis Morissette's Favorite Books On Spirituality
Back in 2014, Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette discussed her spiritual side as part of Oprah Winfrey’s SuperSoul Sundays. On her…
Kurt Cobain’s Literary Influences
For one of grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain‘s final interviews before his tragic death by suicide in 1994, he was…
Amanda Palmer's Top 10 Books
In her 2014 memoir The Art of Asking, musician and performance artist provocateur Amanda Palmer wrote about the inextricable link between empathy, vulnerability…
Jim Morrison's Literary Influences
“Nietzsche killed Jim Morrison,” John Densmore, drummer of the Doors, wrote in his 1990 autobiography Riders on the Storm. Before…
Tom Waits' Favorite Reads
The son of two schoolteachers, junkyard poet and piano man Tom Waits has been a voracious reader all his life. In the 2009 biography Lowside…
Leonard Cohen’s Reading List
From a young age, rock poet and troubadour Leonard Cohen knew he wanted to be a writer. In fact, it wasn’t…