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""Living in the Present with John Prine is a deeply intimate, moving, superbly written account of the last two years of a great artist’s life. It covers a narrow window of time in John’s life, but a huge expanse of feeling and memory. I loved being with John and Tom Piazza, sitting in the back seat of that cherry red Coupe de Ville as they careened across a Florida bridge, or curled up in a dark corner of Sperry’s restaurant in Nashville, telling stories. Artists exist and resonate outside linear time, and I really did not want this book to end."" -- Rosanne Cash ""For all of us who love and dearly miss John Prine, what a gift it is to be able to be with him again, both through his own words and in Tom Piazza’s wonderful recounting of their adventures forging their deep, late-life friendship. Tom is such an insightful, eloquent writer and many thanks to him for giving us another round with our dear friend."" -- Bonnie Raitt ""Tom Piazza's book is a beautiful buddy movie — two old guys at the top of their games, bantering, playing music, and co-writing a never-to-be-finished memoir that becomes something no less precious, a quietly radiant story about the saving grace of fellowship, family, and art."" -- Will Hermes, author of Lou Reed: The King of New York

""Piazza has written a different kind of reflection on Prine’s life and legacy, weaving elements of biography, travelogue and music criticism with the grief of a bereft friend, in this slim hybrid volume."" -- Colin Dwyer - NPR ""Living in the Present with John Prine is a deeply intimate, moving, superbly written account of the last two years of a great artist’s life. It covers a narrow window of time in John’s life, but a huge expanse of feeling and memory. I loved being with John and Tom Piazza, sitting in the back seat of that cherry red Coupe de Ville as they careened across a Florida bridge, or curled up in a dark corner of Sperry’s restaurant in Nashville, telling stories. Artists exist and resonate outside linear time, and I really did not want this book to end."" -- Rosanne Cash ""For all of us who love and dearly miss John Prine, what a gift it is to be able to be with him again, both through his own words and in Tom Piazza’s wonderful recounting of their adventures forging their deep, late-life friendship. Tom is such an insightful, eloquent writer and many thanks to him for giving us another round with our dear friend."" -- Bonnie Raitt ""Tom Piazza's book is a beautiful buddy movie — two old guys at the top of their games, bantering, playing music, and co-writing a never-to-be-finished memoir that becomes something no less precious, a quietly radiant story about the saving grace of fellowship, family, and art."" -- Will Hermes, author of Lou Reed: The King of New York ""The artist’s good humor and low-key grace shine through on every page. A heartfelt blend of first-person journalism, oral history, travelogue, and elegy."" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""There will never be a memoir by the great John Prine …Living in the Present with John Prine … is the next best thing. … For anyone who has looked up at the stage and wondered whether Prine—cowboy boot tapping, smile askew—was having as much fun as he seemed to be, Living in the Present with John Prine offers an opportunity to catch a few more moments of that sublime joy."" -- BookPage (starred review) ""Piazza is a wonderful writer and a great humanist, the ideal combination for writing about one of music’s sublime observers of the human condition. . . . [T]his is an absolute gem, a lovely homage to friendship and grief and a potent reminder of what the musical community and the world lost."" -- June Sawyers - Booklist (starred review) ""[A] dazzling tribute.... Prine fans will be over the moon."" -- Publishers Weekly

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Tom Piazza’s books include the nonfiction bestseller Why New Orleans Matters and the novels The Auburn Conference and A Free State. He is a four-time winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing. He lives in New Orleans.

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