Mike Doughty first came to prominence as the leader of the band Soul Coughing then did an abrupt sonic left turn, much to the surprise of his audience, transforming into a solo performer of stark, dusky, but strangely hopeful tunes. He battled addiction, gave up fame when his old band was at the height of its popularity, drove thousands of miles, alone, across America, with just an acoustic guitar. His candid, hilarious, self-lacerating memoir, The Book of Drugs—featuring cameos by Redman, Ani DiFranco, the late Jeff Buckley, and others—is the story of his band's rise and bitter collapse, the haunted and darkly comical life of addiction, and the perhaps even weirder world of recovery.

The Book of Drugs: A Memoir

Doughty, Mike

Humor & Entertainment

Da Capo

In I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound musician Mike Doughty presents stories about life on the road as an indie rock musician, taking readers deep inside the life of an itinerant performer and the exhilaration and terror involved in getting up in front of strangers night after night. Doughty looks at why diminished circumstances are sometimes more profitable than chart success, how the nostalgia of aging fans is both a boon and a burden, and what it means to reach middle age while still playing hundreds of shows and releasing albums prolifically. Doughty's writing is deeply provocative, and this extraordinary book will blow the minds of readers who have never considered what life is like for those up on the stage.

I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Hachette Books

Cult poet and musician Mike Doughty makes his print debut with Slanky, a black-comic stroll through the demimonde of pop culture and modern urban life. Doughty’s poems are at once absurdest and matter-of-fact; the images he conjures are thrown into high relief through cutting wordplay. In a series of prose poems about showbiz, he re imagines Cookie Monster as a burned-out suicide, and cheesy talk-show host Joe Franklin as a cross-dressing witness to the apocalypse. And in For Charlotte, Unlisted,” he wrenchingly tracks the elusive memory of a faded romance.

Slanky: Poems and Songs

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Catapult

Cult poet and musician Mike Doughty makes his print debut with Slanky, a black-comic stroll through the demimondes of pop culture and modern urban life. Doughty’s poems are at once absurdist and matter-of-fact; the images he conjures are thrown into high relief through cutting wordplay. In a series of prose poems about showbiz, he reimagines Cookie Monster as a burned-out suicide, and cheesy talk-show host Joe Franklin as a cross-dressing witness to the apocalypse. And in For Charlotte, Unlisted,” he wrenchingly tracks the elusive memory of a faded romance.

Slanky

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