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Robert Duncan

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in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, The United States

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Fiction, Music, Poetry

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CD Wright, Virginia Woolf, Lester Bangs, Thomas Pynchon, Elmore Leonar ...more

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At 22, Robert Duncan was managing editor of the renowned Creem magazine, working in Detroit alongside Lester Bangs. He has contributed to Rolling Stone, Circus, Life and many other publications. His previous books include The Noise: Notes from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Era, and Kiss, a tongue-in-cheek biography. He is founder of the advertising and design firm Duncan Channon and its Tip Records subsidiary. He lives with his wife, artist and rock photographer Roni Hoffman, near San Francisco. LOUDMOUTH is his first novel. Pre-order from Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, others. List at duncanwrites.com/buy ...more

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Robert Duncan For months, my daughter kept hearing a scratching sound inside her pillow at night, but dismissed it as her overactive imagination. When she couldn't …moreFor months, my daughter kept hearing a scratching sound inside her pillow at night, but dismissed it as her overactive imagination. When she couldn't take it any more, she pulled apart the pillow and discovered a three-foot worm.(less)

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Robert Duncan Kinda like the world I already live in — minus its deadly epidemic. I mean, I occasionally get to write books. Got my first novel, Loudmouth, coming i…moreKinda like the world I already live in — minus its deadly epidemic. I mean, I occasionally get to write books. Got my first novel, Loudmouth, coming in October, after three nonfiction books. Both my kids are writers, and my wife's an artist. When I was in high school, I used to think I wanted to be Dean Moriarty from On The Road or maybe Mick Jagger — a fictional character if ever I've seen one, living in a fictional universe of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. In short, I wanted to be cool. Or at least rich and famous. Glad it never happened.(less)

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	Loudmouth 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Only the Good Die Young: The Rock and Roll Book of the Dead 3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In my life beyond writing, I'm a rock star. Or at lease a diehard wannabe. For decades, I've been writing songs, singing songs and strumming them on my electrical guitar. This vile conceit ultimately led me to create a home recording studio. At my old crib, the studio was in the garage. In my new, it's in the basement. Where else? Garages and basements are where rock & roll lives. But I mention al Read more of this blog post »

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Train Whistle Guitar

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Poems, 1962-2012

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A Faithful But Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed

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“The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes”
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