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Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin
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Peter Ames Carlin

Peter Ames Carlin has been a senior writer for People, a TV critic for The Oregonian newspaper, and is the author of Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney: A Life. Carlin lives with his... Read full bio

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A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie
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My life in 8 words: "Hectic, fun and confusing. And yet well-intentioned. Mostly."
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    2. Peter Ames Carlin on Bruce Springsteen's childhood from his audiobook BRUCE
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October 19, 2012
BRUCE will hit its official on-sale date on October 30, which means you can snap up, say, 100 copies and drop them into the...
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Hey everyone. Thanks for checking out my page here in the middle of the Simon & Schuster galaxy. What fun to be here. I hope you...
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Bruce will be released on September 17, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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Chapter 1 from Bruce
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Chapter 1 from Bruce
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Bruce will be released on October 30, 2012 in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce is now available in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce will be released on October 30, 2012 in eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce is now available in eBook
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce will be released on October 30, 2012 in Audio Download
Oct 30, 2012
Bruce is now available in Audio Download
Oct 30, 2012

Peter Ames Carlin Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "Take it easy, but take it" -- Woody Guthrie Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Some kind of circus sideshow type of talent. Seems like a fun way to travel. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Are you gonna eat that? Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Depends. Surprise me. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. That guy who stood in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Learn more about Peter Ames Carlin

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Individual.com, April 10, 2013
...years later, remains his biggest-selling studio disc besides 1984's "Born in the U.S.A." Author Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written biographies of Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, wrote "Bruce" with Springsteen's cooperation. Carlin...
Reno Gazette-Journal, March 4, 2013
...Music writer Peter Ames Carlin signs and discusses Bruce,his new biography of Bruce Springsteen, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Sundance Books and Music, 121 California Ave. Bruce is the first...
Columbian.com, January 27, 2013
...State University Vancouver, Library Building, room 264, 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave. With biographer and pop-culture writer Peter Ames Carlin. Free. * Howard Aaron, howard823@comcast.net...
Justmeans, January 25, 2013
...convince people that your company is socially responsible.(As an aside, on the second to last page ofBruce,Peter Ames Carlin's new biography of Bruce Springsteen, The Boss says that the E Street Band is an organization with a purpose. This statement...
Manmade Mag, January 23, 2013
...Springsteen bios that also includes Marc Dolan's Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock and Roll and Peter Ames Carlin's semi-authorized Bruce, noted...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2013
...So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't Nate Silver (The Penguin Press; $27.95) 8. BRUCE Peter Ames Carlin (Touchstone; $28) 9. ROLL ME UP AND SMOKE ME WHEN I DIE: Musings From the Road (Morrow/HarperCollins; $22.99) 10. BEHIND THE...
London Evening Standard, January 11, 2013
...endowments, and said, ‘Hmmm. Nah, I don’t think so.’” 3) Reverently describe the first encounter with Elvis. Peter Ames Carlin does this with suitable reverence in Bruce (Simon and Schuster, £20), which gets that Springsteenian tone of...
Irish Central, January 18, 2013
...of successful albums releases and tours. Springsteen spoke about his familys mental illness during interviews with recent biographer Peter Ames Carlin. A big part of how this book advances the story is [by] being very upfront about his dad was...
Irish Central, January 18, 2013
...of successful albums releases and tours. Springsteen spoke about his familys mental illness during interviews with recent biographer Peter Ames Carlin. A big part of how this book advances the story is [by] being very upfront about his dad was...
Irish Central, January 18, 2013
...of successful albums releases and tours. Springsteen spoke about his familys mental illness during interviews with recent biographer Peter Ames Carlin. A big part of how this book advances the story is [by] being very upfront about his dad was...
Irish Times, January 14, 2013
...him to reach that point. That is the stark admission we get from Bruce, the recent biography by Peter Ames Carlin. While the book wasn't authorised per se, Springsteen gave Carlin countless interview hours, facilitated meetings with family and friends,...
New Jersey Monthly, January 14, 2013
...and steamy assignations under the boardwalk as it was about blue-collar dreamers and black-leather schemers. Indeed, according to Peter Ames Carlin’s new biography, Bruce, the young Springsteen had a long series of girlfriends, some of whom—like...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2013
...So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't Nate Silver (The Penguin Press; $27.95) 8. BRUCE Peter Ames Carlin (Touchstone; $28) 9. ROLL ME UP AND SMOKE ME WHEN I DIE: Musings From the Road (Morrow/HarperCollins; $22.99) 10. BEHIND THE...
London Evening Standard, January 11, 2013
...endowments, and said, ‘Hmmm. Nah, I don’t think so.’” 3) Reverently describe the first encounter with Elvis. Peter Ames Carlin does this with suitable reverence in Bruce (Simon and Schuster, £20), which gets that Springsteenian tone of...