I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive

Steve Earle is a singer-songwriter, actor, activist, and the author of the story collection Doghouse Roses. He has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums, including the Grammy winners The Revolution Starts Now, Washington Square Serenade and Townes. He has appeared on film and television, with celebrated roles in The Wire and Treme. Frequently interviewed and profiled in the press, he often tours with his wife, singer-songwriter Allison Moorer.

"Steve Earle brings to his prose the same authenticity, poetic spirit, and cinematic energy he projects in his music. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is like a dream you can't shake, offering beauty and remorse, redemption in spades" -- Patti Smith "A doctor, a Mexican girl, an Irish priest, the ghost of Hank Williams, and JFK the day before he dies. This subtle and dramatic book is the work of a brilliant songwriter who has moved from song to orchestral ballad with astonishing ease" -- Michael Ondaatje "Earle's language is vividly poetic, his humour is never clunky and he always convinces, whether working on a cinematic or intimate scale" -- Sharon O'Connell Time Out "A rich, raw mix of American myth and hard social reality, of faith and doubt, always firmly rooted in a strong sense of character" Charles Frazier "Steve Earle writes like a shimmering neon angel" -- Kinky Friedman