Erin Osmon is a music writer based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, websites, and journals dealing with music and culture. She also writes long-form liner notes for reissues of historic albums. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Ms. Osmon grew up in the Midwest underground music scene. She discovered Jason Molina’s music in 1998 after the song “Vanquisher” from the first Songs: Ohia LP made rounds on a mix tape among her high school friends. This is her first book.

The anecdotal details from Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost are what ring most vividly, exposing a side of Molina that rarely came through in his melancholic music.... Riding with the Ghost also enriches his songs, illuminating their characters in their own words and supplying context to the places they were set.

• Chapter 1: LorainChapter 2: MetalChapter 3: OberlinChapter 4: Secretly CanadianChapter 5: DarcieChapter 6: IrelandChapter 7: ChicagoChapter 8: Lightning in a BottleChapter 9: The ElectriciansChapter 10: LondonChapter 11: RehabChapter 12: Indianapolis

Erin Osmon is a music writer based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, websites, and journals dealing with music and culture. She also writes long-form liner notes for reissues of historic albums. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Ms. Osmon grew up in the Midwest underground music scene. She discovered Jason Molina’s music in 1998 after the song “Vanquisher” from the first Songs: Ohia LP made rounds on a mix tape among her high school friends. This is her first book.

The anecdotal details from Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost are what ring most vividly, exposing a side of Molina that rarely came through in his melancholic music.... Riding with the Ghost also enriches his songs, illuminating their characters in their own words and supplying context to the places they were set.

• Chapter 1: LorainChapter 2: MetalChapter 3: OberlinChapter 4: Secretly CanadianChapter 5: DarcieChapter 6: IrelandChapter 7: ChicagoChapter 8: Lightning in a BottleChapter 9: The ElectriciansChapter 10: LondonChapter 11: RehabChapter 12: Indianapolis