David Rowell
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David Rowell

  • Books/
    • The Endless Refrain
    • Wherever the Sound Takes You
    • The Train of Small Mercies
  • A conversation with .../
  • About the author/
  • Press/
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  • Selected Writings/
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David Rowell

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Selected Writings 2

David Rowell

  • Books/
    • The Endless Refrain
    • Wherever the Sound Takes You
    • The Train of Small Mercies
  • A conversation with .../
  • About the author/
  • Press/
  • Events/
  • Selected Writings/
  • Video/
  • Interviews/Podcasts/
  • Contact/

Selected Writings

Journalism

Song of the Spoon Lady: pain, perseverance and an unlikely journey to viral fame

Twin Powers Activated: With their shared DNA and profound connection, the Mattson 2 are unlike any band you’ve seen before

Political strategists from bipartisan campaign to get Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


Essays

We Don’t Want New Music Anymore

American Crossroads: 2020 Washington Post Magazine Photo Issue

What Gordon Parks Witnessed: The injustices of Jim Crow and the evolution of a great American photographer

An appreciation of Herman Leonard, one of jazz’s truest visionaries

How I came to edit the creative writing professor who first put me on the writing path



Fiction

“The Piñata”

“An Afternoon, No Wind”