Questlove's Bookshelf
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the musician best known as the drummer and co-frontman of Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group The Roots, is very much…
The Literary Influences of Nick Cave
Nick Cave, gothic brooder and murder balladeer extraordinaire, has spent six decades surrounded by words. Growing up in a tiny…
Janelle Monáe's Favorite Books
Half a century after Jimi Hendrix looked to science fiction to tell universal truths through music, Electric Lady Janelle Monáe finds…
J. Cole's Fayetteville Book Club
Back in 2011, renowned rapper and recording artist J. Cole founded The Dreamville Foundation, a non-profit “created to bridge the…
6 Books Jay-Z Lives By
“I’d spend free time reading the dictionary, building my vocabulary for battles…I wasn’t even in high school yet and I’d…
Carrie Brownstein's Bookshelf
“I’ve always felt unclaimed. This is a story of the ways I created a territory, something more than just an…
St. Vincent's Reading List
Taking her St. Vincent stage name from the hospital Dylan Thomas spent his final hours, Annie Clark has often paid tribute to literature…
Bruce Springsteen's Favorite Books
On the release of his picture book Outlaw Pete in 2014, iconoclast singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen spoke with The New York Times…
Patti Smith's Lifelong Reading List
In her acceptance speech for the National Book Award for 2010’s Just Kids, punk poet Patti Smith had a special message for publishers:…
Kim Gordon's Favorite Books
In her 2015 memoir Girl in a Band, musician, songwriter and visual artist Kim Gordon details her life from ’60s and ’70s Los Angeles…