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Forever Words

The Unknown Poems

The Unknown Poems

By Johnny Cash

By Johnny Cash

By Johnny Cash

By Johnny Cash

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Category: Poetry | Music

Category: Poetry | Music

Paperback $18.00

Nov 12, 2019 | ISBN 9780399575150

Ebook $6.99

Nov 15, 2016 | ISBN 9780399575143

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    About Forever Words

    These never-before-published poems by Johnny Cash make the perfect gifts for music lovers and fans alike. Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this poetry collection is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash’s own handwritten pages. Now an album with music by Rosanne Cash, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Elvis Costello, and more. 

    Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In this collection of poems and song lyrics that have never been published before, we see the world through his eyes and view his reflection on his own interior reality, his frailties and his strengths alike. In his hallmark voice, he pens verses about love, pain, freedom, and mortality, and expresses insights on culture, his family, his fame, even Christmas. Forever Words confirms Johnny Cash as a brilliant and singular American literary figure. His music is a part of our collective history, and here the depth of his artistry and talent become even more evident.

    About Forever Words

    These never-before-published poems by Johnny Cash make the perfect gifts for music lovers and fans alike. Edited and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon with a foreword by John Carter Cash, this poetry collection is illustrated with facsimile reproductions of Cash’s own handwritten pages. Now an album with music by Rosanne Cash, Brad Paisley, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Elvis Costello, and more. 

    Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In this collection of poems and song lyrics that have never been published before, we see the world through his eyes and view his reflection on his own interior reality, his frailties and his strengths alike. In his hallmark voice, he pens verses about love, pain, freedom, and mortality, and expresses insights on culture, his family, his fame, even Christmas. Forever Words confirms Johnny Cash as a brilliant and singular American literary figure. His music is a part of our collective history, and here the depth of his artistry and talent become even more evident.

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    JOHNNY CASH (1932–2003) was an American icon and country music superstar. He performed everywhere from Folsom State Prison to the White House. In 1980 he became the youngest living person to be chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame;… More about Johnny Cash

    About Johnny Cash

    JOHNNY CASH (1932–2003) was an American icon and country music superstar. He performed everywhere from Folsom State Prison to the White House. In 1980 he became the youngest living person to be chosen for the Country Music Hall of Fame;… More about Johnny Cash

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Music

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Plume
    Nov 12, 2019 | 144 Pages | 6 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780399575150

    Category: Poetry | Music

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Blue Rider Press
    Nov 15, 2016 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780399575143
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    Praise

    “The Man in Black was also an incredibly productive poet who was just as happy to let his pen do the talking….Love, mortality, addiction, humor, spirituality, pain, wonder, hope, heartbreak, freedom and resignation all weave in and out of Cash’s poetry – just as they did in his songs – in an attempt to paint the most accurate portrait of his true self.”
    —Will Hodge, Rollingstone.com

    “In some ways the poems mirror Cash’s songwriting, with terse ballads of outsiders in love, and parables drawn from the Bible…yet another look at a legend of American music.”
    —Ben Sisario, The New York Times

    “In retrospect, we should have assumed that outlaw country musician Johnny Cash was leading a double life as a secret poet.”
    —Dennis DiClaudio, The A.V. Club

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