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Kristin Hersh: Don't Suck, Don't Die - Giving Up Vic Chesnutt

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Simon Sweetman
Dec 01, 2015
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Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt

Kristin Hersh

University of Texas Press

Well, after Rat Girl, I’d read anything by Kristin Hersh. And I was a fan of the incredible songwriting of Vic Chesnutt so this slim volume got the big tick as a concept, before it was even in my hands to read.

It’s a tough read – which is what the author intended. Claustr…

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