Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell A Life by Richard KingFrom Anthology: The music of Arthur Russell defies classification. From his pioneering compositions as part of New York's vibrant avant garde scene (alongside artists including Phillip Glass, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, John Cage, and Allen Ginsberg) to his genre expanding disco productions, from his new wave and art pop to his posthumously released folk songs, Russell crafted timeless and foundationally influential work until his premature death in

* Introduction by Alex Niven

he discovers a terrible and seductive gadget―a hideous compliment to his seething rage―that forever changes everything

Lynne Littman

His Shampoo Paintings are created with drugstore hair products

revealing not only the quality and character of the writers

reclusive world of psychoanalysis and to report to us

which ignored the experiences and perspectives of Palestinians

Jane Birkin

Once the heart of the village

Aickman's 'strange stories' (his preferred term) are constructed immaculately

Vollmann journeys to Greeley

and how she can save herself