My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science,

My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love

â€œI love the way Dessa puts words together. In her songs, in her poetry, in her short stories, and now in this beautiful and candid memoir.Â Wanna be an artist? Get this book.â€
--Lin-Manuel Miranda

"Dessa writes beautifully about a wide range of topics, including science, music, and the pain that comes with being in love; it's a surprising and generous memoir by a singular voice."
--NPR, Best Books of 2018

Dessa defies category--she is an intellectual with an international rap career and an inhaler in her backpack; a creative writer fascinated by philosophy and behavioral science; and a funny, charismatic performer dogged by blue moods and heartache. She's ferocious on stage and endearingly neurotic in the tour van. Her stunning literary debut memoir stitches together poignant insights on love, science, and language--a demonstration of just how far the mind can travel while the body is on a six-hour ride to the next gig.

In "The Fool That Bets Against Me," Dessa writes to Geico to request a commercial insurance policy for the broken heart that's helped her write so many sad songs. "A Ringing in the Ears" tells the story of her father building a wooden airplane in their backyard garage. In "'Congratulations,'" she describes the challenge of recording a song for The Hamilton Mixtape in a Minneapolis basement, straining for a high note and hoping for a break. "Call Off Your Ghost" chronicles the fascinating project she undertook with a team of neuroscientists to try to clinically excise romantic feelings for an old flame. Her writing is infused with scientific research, dry wit, a philosophical perspective, and an abiding tenderness for the people she tours with and the people she leaves behind to be on the road.

My Own Devices is an uncompromising and candid account of a life in motion, in music, and in love. Dessa is as compelling on the page as she is onstage, making My Own Devices the debut of a unique and deft literary voice.
Country USA
Author Dessa
Binding Hardcover
EAN 9781524742294
ISBN 1524742295
Label Dutton
Manufacturer Dutton
NumberOfItems 1
NumberOfPages 272
PublicationDate 2018-09-18
Publisher Dutton
ReleaseDate 2018-09-18
Studio Dutton

Country	USA
Author	Dessa
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781524742294
ISBN	1524742295
Label	Dutton
Manufacturer	Dutton
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	272
PublicationDate	2018-09-18
Publisher	Dutton
ReleaseDate	2018-09-18
Studio	Dutton

My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love

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