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Jason Heller

Jason Heller

Jason Heller is the author of Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded (Penguin Random House). His writing about music has also been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and NPR.
Prose Offers Songwriters Like Will Johnson, Steve Earle, and More Another Way to Tell Their Stories

Prose Offers Songwriters Like Will Johnson, Steve Earle, and More Another Way to Tell Their Stories

EDITOR'S NOTE: This feature originally appeared in the Summer 2021 "Voices" issue of No Depression. Visit the No Depression store to buy a copy today. “Books and shit.” That’s what Steve Earle calls his literary pursuits over the past 20 years, an outgrowth of his
Jason Heller 12 Sep 2025

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