Devil Sent the Rain - Music and Writing in Desperate America

"WhateverTom Piazza writes is touched with magic." --Douglas Brinkley Acclaimed author Tom Piazza follows hisprize-winning novel City of Refuge and the post-Katrinaclassic Why New Orleans Matters with a dynamic collection ofessays and journalism about American music and American character, in DevilSent the Rain . "TomPiazza''s writing is filled with energy, and with tender, insightful words forthe brilliant and irascible, from Jimmy Martin to Norman Mailer. Time and timeagain, Piazza identifies the unlikely, precious connections between recentevents, art, letters, and music; through his words, these byways of popularculture provide an unexpected measure of the times." --Elvis Costello

About the author

Tom Piazza is the author of the novels City of Refuge and My Cold War, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters, the essay collection Devil Sent the Rain, and many other works. He was a principal writer for the HBO drama series Treme and the winner of a Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey. He lives in New Orleans.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Piazza, Piazza Tom
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2011
• EAN: 9780062008220
• ISBN: 978-0-06-200822-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Music, Memoirs, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Music, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, General and world history, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism, Biography: arts and entertainment, Historical Geography, Speeches, US West, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, MUSIC: General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, MUSIC: History & Criticism, MUSIC: Printed Mixed Collections, MUSIC: Essays, HISTORY: Historical Geography, Relating to African American / Black American people