Sharpest: A Tour Diary

by Mary Borsellino

There are so many things people can be that are metaphors, tricks of speech, a word to mean a mood or talent. We can be dull, blunt, hard, soft, cool, cold, hot, warm, green, blue, bright, dim, tough, smooth, slick, thorny, broken, sharp. As far as things to be made from went, the sharpest things sounded good enough to me — better sharpest than dullest, even if it meant never being softest.

A tour diary through concert crowds, international travel, the darkest hours before dawn, music journalism, love, depression, songs, grief, and the moment when the lights go down and the audience cheers.

94 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 18, 2008

About the author

Mary Borsellino has written fiction and essays about sci-fi and fantasy, including a book of academia about Robin the Boy Wonder and a critically acclaimed novel about what the Devil likes about rock and roll. They live in Australia.