Kristin Hersh • Throwing Muses • 50 Foot Wave
A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rat Girl, this beautifully written memoir takes readers on an emotional journey through the author’s life as she reflects on thirty years of music and motherhood.
Seeing Sideways is out May 2021.
Order from University of Texas Press, Rough Trade (UK Edition) or your favorite retailer.
“A haunting ode to a lost friend, this memoir by the acclaimed author of Rat Girl offers the most personal, empathetic look at the creative genius and often-tormented life of singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt that is ever likely to be written.”
Published by University of Texas Press. Purchase here.
In 2013, Throwing Muses returned with their first studio album in 10 years – published as a book and a CD. The art book is 64-pages of lyrics, essays, and photos and includes a 32-track CD that was entirely listener-supported thanks to Kristin’s Strange Angels. There is access to online content when you purchase the book – including instrumentals, a commentary by Kristin and David, and digital music files in mp3 and lossless formats.
“Compelling…(Hersh) describes eloquently, beautifully and with no small amount of poetry the pain and alienation of losing one’s mind.”
The Times (UK)
Published by Atlantic Books (UK)
a link to a bookseller in the UK where you can buy it — paperback and hard cover.
“Sensitive and emotionally raw… it’s also wildly funny”
The New York Times Sunday Book Review
“one of the 25 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time”
Rolling Stone Magazine (#8)
“A thoroughly engrossing work by an original voice”
Kirkus (Starred Review)
Published by Penguin USA