Fiction. Voith's book is a collection of stories which opens in Pennsylvania at a Beatles concert in 1960-something and ends with a cross-country trip to the optimism of the second gold rush in California. A collection of tiny rock shows and rare records, best friend's funerals, skipped classes, girlfriends dumping their boys and imaginary superhero friends, this loose narrative style takes readers to familiar roadside stops, down dreary university hallways into dirty rock and roll clubs, and through the hearts of relationships doomed or otherwise broken, but lovely. Voith lives in Seattle, Washington, where he works booking tours across America for dysfunctional rock and roll bands.

Bridges with Spirit

Voith, Adam

Literature & Fiction

TNI Books

Ichiro Suzuki, the rookie All-Star right fielder for the Seattle Mariners, has the sports world transfixed. Author David Shields was at first entranced by Ichiro's smart, subtle play--just what the Mariners and Seattle needed. Then he was entranced by what Ichiro said--his smart, subtle words. The result is Baseball Is Just Baseball: The Understated Ichiro, a 120-page quote book of Ichiro in his own words. This selection of quotations takes the reader from Ichiro's decision to play for the Mariners to spring training to the regular season and up to the All-Star Break. It's a fan's book, a wisdom book, life-lessons for kids, for baseball fans, and for wisdom-seekers alike. Shields says that "Ichiro seems to me to 'get' life, to be in the groove, be in the moment, to have the secret. He mixes Zen distance with Zen focus. According to the Chinese aphorism, 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'; Ichiro is very good at focusing on each step." Experience reality rather than your expectation of reality. Believe in yourself. Don't take yourself seriously but find an activity to be passionate about and take that activity very seriously. Don't buy the hype. Dissolve hate into love. Care more about the process than the product. Find joy in the seeking itself. Such are some of the simple but profound, powerful ideas embodied in this prize of a little book--a document of not only a popular athlete but an impressive human being. In just the first half of his rookie year in the majors, Ichiro has fully captured the imagination of fans in Seattle, Japan, and everywhere. We've certainly not seen the end of his great run; as Ichiro himself said: "I'm planning to turn on the power after the All-Star break."

"Baseball Is Just Baseball": The Understated Ichiro: An Unauthorized Collection Compiled by David Shields

David Shields

Biographies & Memoirs

Fiction. Short Stories. Collected here are the rich, poignant stories that established Camden Joy's reputation as "one of the country's most original music writers" (Ira Glass, NPR). Some are tales of high adventure in which disappeared songs or bands appear as buried treasure. Some speak of fleeting passions, of love squandered and identities gone missing. Some originally surfaced in the form of polemical tracts, or as ephemera pasted on the streets of New York City. Others existed only as rumors, beyond the reach of any reader. Each, until now, has been lost. "Camden Joy is sort of the Irvine Welsh of American rock, setting music to narrative with a knowingness and grace that elucidates what it means to be a rock star and / or fan more persuasively than any other contemporary novelist"--from the preface by Dennis Cooper.

Lost Joy

Joy, Camden

Contemporary

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