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Adam Steiner is a lifeguard, journalist and author. When not saving lives he sits dreaming about all the books he will never write. In 2020 his book Into The Never, a deep dive into the Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral album, was published by Rowman and Littlefield, his first novel, Politics Of The Asylum about a cleaner in a collapsing hospital was published in 2018

He created the Disappear Here poetry film project – 27 x collaborative poetry-films about Coventry Ringroad – and now curates the Living With Buildings series, screening experimental films about people, poetry and place.

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	Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral 3.90 avg rating — 161 ratings — 2 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
	Silhouettes and Shadows: The Secret History of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings	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
	Milk and Honey Siren by Kallima Hamilton, Roger Kees, Kristen Berger 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013	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
	Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 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
	Politics of the Asylum 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	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
	Exclamation Marx! by Nei Laurenson, Hristo Dochev, Adam Steiner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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Bowie Book Club Podcast – interview – 11/11/2025

I have long been a fan of the Bowie Book Club Podcast, a show which delivers deep insights and wild speculation on David Bowie’s reading habits. The podcast started with reading Bowie’s 100 books list (in no particular order) a series of titles which Bowie selected that he had enjoyed or had an impact on his creative life.

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The Stories of John Cheever (Vintage International)

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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

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Adam Steiner wrote a new blog post Bowie Book Club Podcast – interview – 11/11/2025 I have long been a fan of the Bowie Book Club Podcast, a show which delivers deep insights and wild speculation on David Bowie’s reading habits. The Read more of this blog post »
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Adam Steiner rated a book it was amazing Monumental Graffiti: Tracing Public Art and Resistance in the City by Rafael Schacter	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
MONUMENTAL GRAFFITI is a towering achievement in making social anthropology about street art and graffiti culture accessible to a wider readership. Rafael is an expert in the field, having already published several books on the subject and been follow ...more
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Adam Steiner made a comment on Thomas Thieme’s review of Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death " Thank you for the kind and honest review Thomas - I jump on here occasionallu to see how the book is doing - I hope it was of interest / meaningful to ...more "
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Adam Steiner liked Thomas Thieme's review of Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death: "If you are a devotee of or simply intrigued by Nick Cave, you will find this book does justice to his body of work. It is a challenging book, referring heavily to artists, writers, poets and musicians of whom you may or may not aware so at times the " Read more of this review »
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Adam Steiner and 1 other person liked Marco Antonio's review of Into The Never: Nine Inch Nails And The Creation Of The Downward Spiral: "Exigente. Mucho. Requiere que prestes mucha atención pero merece la pena muchísimo si eres un fan irredento como yo de NIN y Trent Reznor. Documentado e incisivo hasta casi abrumar, análisis pormenorizado de lo que fue esa obra maestra de los 90 que " Read more of this review »
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MONUMENTAL GRAFFITI is a towering achievement in making social anthropology about street art and graffiti culture accessible to a wider readership. Rafael is an expert in the field, having already published several books on the subject and been follow ...more
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Deep thumbnail portraits of impoverished lives made harder under Covid pandemic lockdowns and increasing pressure on hospital systems across the city of Leeds. Stu is a library worker who travels all over Leeds delivering food parcels and nightly rec ...more
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Adam Steiner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Add new book - Adam Steiner - Nick Cave topic " Cool - thank you "
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