In their lives : great writers on great Beatles songs

Summary: An anthology of essays from a chorus of twenty-nine luminaries singing the praises of their favorite Beatles songs.

Record details

ISBN: 9780735210691 (hardcover) :
Physical Description: print
xv, 300 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Blue Rider Press, [2017]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

She loves you / Roz Chast -- I saw her standing there / Alan Light -- I want to hold your hand / Jane Smiley -- I'll be back / Shawn Colvin -- No reply / Rosanne Cash -- I'm a loser / Gerald Early -- Yesterday / Pico Iyer -- Norwegian wood / Amy Bloom -- Eleanor Rigby / Rebecca Mead -- Yellow submarine / Maria Popova -- And your bird can sing / Peter Blauner -- Tomorrow never knows / Jon Pareles -- Lucy in the sky with diamonds / Thomas Beller -- She's leaving home / Mona Simpson -- Good day sunshine / Joseph O'Neill -- She said she said / Alec Wilkinson -- Strawberry Fields forever/Penny Lane / Adam Gopnik -- A day in the life / Nicholas Dawidoff -- I am the walrus / Ben Zimmer -- Dear Prudence / David Duchovny -- Helter skelter / Chuck Klosterman -- The ballad of John and Yoko / Tour©♭ -- Octopus's garden / Elissa Schappell -- The end / Rick Moody -- You know my name (Look up the number) / David Hajdu -- Here comes the sun/There's a place / Francine Prose and Emilia Ruiz-Michels -- Let it be / John Hockenberry -- Two of us / Bill Flanagan.