This week Alice and Kim talk about music nonfiction, including behind-the scenes narratives, memoirs, and guides.

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Follow Up

Alice read Hidden Valley Road!

Kim read Two Truths and a Lie!

Kim guested on Get Booked.

Nonfiction in the News

Kate McKinnon Exits ‘The Dropout’ Hulu Limited Series about Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes [Deadline]

New Nonfiction 

Follow the Flock : How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization by Sally Coulthard

Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones 

Already Toast : Caregiving and Burnout in America by Kate Washington

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alex McGinnis

Music and Musicians

News: Paul McCartney’s upcoming memoir [Billboard]

More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys with Michelle Burford

Opera for Dummies by David Pogue and Scott Speck

Open Book by Jessica Simpson

Molto Agitato: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera by Johanna Fiedler

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

Me & Patsy Kickin’ Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline by Loretta Lynn

Reading Now

KIM: The Fixed Stars by Molly Wizenberg

The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir by Sara Seager

ALICE: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

CONCLUSION

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