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CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS Have a Little Faith The John Hiatt Story Michael Elliott, Elvis Costello Summary "You already know John Hiatt is one of our best songwriters, but what you might not know is his life is as great a story as his songs. I thought I knew my John Hiatt, but I learned a lot." —David Menconi, author of Step It Up and Go A journey through an artist's quest for success, deep dive into substance abuse, family tragedy, and ultimate triumph Chicago Review Press By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record labels, burned through 9781641604208 two marriages, and had fallen deep into substance abuse. Pub Date: 9/14/21 $38.99 CAD Hardcover It took a stint in rehab and a new marriage to inspire him, then a producer and an A&R man to have a little 320 Pages faith. By February 1987, he was back in the studio on a shoestring budget with a hand-picked supergroup Biography & Autobiography consisting of Ry Cooder on guitar, Nick Lowe on bass, and Jim Keltner on drums, recording what would become / Music his masterpiece, Bring the Family. 9 in H | 6 in W Based on author Michael Elliott's multiple extensive and deeply personal interviews with Hiatt as well as his collaborators and contemporaries, including Rosanne Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, and many others, Have a Little Fai... Contributor Bio Michael Elliott is a staff writer for the pioneering roots music authority No Depression. His music writing has also appeared in PopMattersand The Bitter Southerner. Elliott spent close to thirty years in radio as operations manager, music director, program director, and disc jockey in a variety of formats. He has interviewed and produced profiles on musicians as diverse as Isaac Hayes, Charlie Daniels, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Rivers, and Little Richard. He lives in Raleigh, NC. Elvis Costello has been a songwriter for fifty years, collaborating with Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Allen Toussaint, and The Roots. He is a two-time Grammy-winning Neil Young on Neil Young Interviews and Encounters Arthur Lizie Summary The life of rock’s most durable troubadour in his own words Neil Young on Neil Young: Interviews and Encounters is a revealing anthology of Young’s most significant, fascinating, and entertaining discussions, declarations, and dreams, chronicling fifty years of conversations, feature stories, and press conferences. With many interviews widely available for the first time—including new transcriptions and first-time translations Chicago Review Press into English—the book spans Young’s words and ideas from 1967 onward: his early days with Buffalo 9781641604635 Springfield and 1970s Harvest-fueled celebrity apex, an artistic rebellion and 1980s commercial dip, and the Pub Date: 11/9/21 $40.00 CAD unexpected 1990s revival as the Godfather of Grunge through to his multi-decade victory lap as a living legend. Hardcover 400 Pages Across the decades, Young’s own words tell the story as he perpetually reinvents himself as a Music / Individual master of music and film, a technology pioneer and innovator, and a bold political observer and Composer & Musician strident environmental advocate. 9 in H | 6 in W Contributor Bio Arthur Lizie is a professor of communication and media studies at Bridgewater State University. His most recent book is Prince FAQ: Everything You Wanted To Know About the Purple Reign. He lives in Massachusetts. IPG Fall 2021 - June 2021 Page 1 CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS Phantom Lady Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock Christina Lane Summary Winner of the Mystery Writers of America's 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical/Biographical In 1933, Joan Harrison was a twenty-six-year-old former salesgirl with a dream of escaping both her stodgy London suburb and the dreadful prospect of settling down with one of the local boys. A few short years later, she was Alfred Hitchcock’s confidante and one of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of his first American film, Rebecca. Harrison had quickly grown from being the worst secretary Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest Chicago Review Press collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the “Master of Suspense.” 9781641605731 Pub Date: 9/7/21 $24.99 CAD Harrison went on to produce numerous Hollywood features before becoming a television pioneer as the Trade Paperback producer of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. A respected powerhouse, she acquired a singular reputation for running 392 Pages amazingly smooth productions— and defying anyone who posed an obstacle. She built most of her films and Biography & Autobiography series from the ground up. She waged rough-and-tumble battles against executives and censors, and even / Entertainment & helped to break the Hollywood blacklist. She teamed up with many of the mos... Performing Arts 9 in H | 6 in W | 0.7 in T | Contributor Bio 1.1 lb Wt Christina Lane has written extensively on film history and aesthetics. Her books include Feminist Hollywood: From Born in Flames to Point Break and Magnolia. An associate professor of film studies and chair of the cinema department at the University of Miami, she makes frequent speaking appearances and has provided commentary to such media outlets as Air Mail, NPR, and the Daily Mail. Never Silent ACT UP and My Life in Activism Peter Staley, Anderson Cooper Summary The previously untold stories of the life of the leading subject in David France’s How To Survive A Plague, Peter Staley, including his continuing activism In 1987, somebody shoved a flyer into the hand of Peter Staley: massive AIDS demonstration, it announced. After four years on Wall Street as a closeted gay man, Staley was familiar with the homophobia common on trading floors. He also knew that he was not beyond the reach of HIV, having recently been diagnosed with AIDS-Related Complex. Chicago Review Press 9781641601429 A week after the protest, Staley found his way to a packed meeting of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Pub Date: 10/12/21 $35.99 CAD Power—ACT UP—in the West Village. It would prove to be the best decision he ever made. ACT UP would Hardcover change the course of AIDS, pressuring the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, and three administrations to 304 Pages finally respond with research that ultimately saved millions of lives. Biography & Autobiography / LGBTQ+ Staley, a shrewd strategist with nerves of steel, organized some of the group’s most spectacular actions, from 9 in H | 6 in W shutting down trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to putting a giant condom over the house of Senat... Contributor Bio Peter Staley is one of the leading AIDS and LGBTQ rights activists of his generation, playing a critical role in some of ACT UP’s best-known actions, and then cofounding TAG and PrEP4All. Today Staley speaks to audiences worldwide on grassroots activism, and is the lead plaintiff against multiple pharmaceutical companies for anticompetitive practices in Staley v. Gilead. Anderson Cooper is the anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°. He lives in New York. IPG Fall 2021 - June 2021 Page 2 CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS Tied Up in Knotts My Dad and Me Karen Knotts, Betty Lynn Summary Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts’s career, especially about his iconic role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, but personal views into the man himself are few and far between. In Tied Up in Knotts, a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don’s difficult childhood in an abusive home, his escape into comedic performance, becoming a household name, his growth as a feature film actor, his failing health, and his family life throughout, leading to touching and hilarious moments that will make the reader laugh and cry. Chicago Review Press 9781641605120 Those looking for a behind-the-scenes peek at the show, from the nuts and bolts of production to the hilarious Pub Date: 9/21/21 $37.99 CAD pranks and heartfelt moments between the cast and crew, will see it all through the eyes of the little girl who Hardcover grew up on the set. Knotts will delight readers with the memories of celebrities touched by Don’s life, including 288 Pages Ron Howard, Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, Maggie Peterson, John Waters, Barbara Eden, and Jim Carrey. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Tied Up In Knotts delves beyond Barney Fife nostal... 9 in H | 6 in W Contributor Bio Karen Knotts is an ADA-nominated stage actress and playwright who has been acting professionally since she was thirteen, including roles in Return to Mayberry, Archie Bunker's Place, One of Our Own, and the Vice Academy series. Knotts is also in demand as a panelist, emcee, and variety arts entertainer, including annual appearances at the Mayberry Days festival. She lives in North Hollywood, California. Betty Lynn played Barney Fife's long-suffering sweetheart, Thelma Lou, on The Andy Griffith Show. Cockeyed Happy Ernest Hemingway's Wyoming Summers with Pauline Darla Worden Summary The story of Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer during six summers from 1928 through 1939—each showing Hemingway at a different place in his writing as well as a different stage of their marriage. In March 1928, after the phenomenal success of The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway returned to the United States with his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer—the stylish Vogue editor and scorned "other woman" who would give up everything to be with him and, in the end, lose it all. Chicago Review Press 9781641603676 The couple fled Paris in the wake of the huge gossip storm about the American author's affair and abandonment Pub Date: 9/14/21 $38.99 CAD of his wife and son.