George Clinton’s memoir is an insightful and informative trip through the wild and crazy world of P-Funk, told with all the intelligence, openness, and honest that the story deserves.

Brooke Shields’ There Was a Little Girl is a dual autobiography/biography of her and her mother and reads as a rich tale of mother-daughter enmeshment.

Truth is more disturbing that fiction in Valerie Ogden’s biography of Gilles de Rais, the Bluebeard of legend.

There are a few revelations and much minutiae to be found in this memoir from Dylan’s longtime tour manager.

John Darnielle is the songwriter/guitarist/vocalist for the band The Mountain Goats. Wolf in White Van is his first novel. The book traces protagonist Sean as he copes with life after a self-inflicted “accident” has rendered him with a deformed face.

Margaret Atwood has returned with a collection of short fiction for the first time in eight years.

Amanda Petrusich’s Do Not Sell at Any Price examines the esoteric nature of 78 rpm record collecting and ultimately what it means to be a collector.

John Fahey was an acoustic guitar master, a musician’s musician, and a player who transcended blues and folk styles to create his own “American Primitive” instrumental mastery.

Founded by New Order and Factory Records and kept afloat for years by their profits, the Hacienda in Manchester, England functioned on a self-destructive business model to become one of the most storied nightclubs in history.