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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 3.89 avg rating — 168 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 4.09 avg rating — 23 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 3.92 avg rating — 12 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
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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 (Pulitzer Prize Winner) (Vintage International)

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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

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Excellent novel, genuinely page-turning and surprising. i felt utter sympathy and rejection of the protagonist, Tarare. He is brilliantly executed as someone at once misunderstood, desperate for love but also A K Blakemore is an excellent poet, so I r ...more
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A deep and insightful look into the psychological operations behind fandom, how we are inspired by artists we love, and aspire to love them, for all of their faults, which are often legion. Te authors tackloe lots of 'problematic' musicians and celeb ...more
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