Like a Rolling Stone

By Jann S. Wenner,

Book cover of Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir

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In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers a "touchingly honest" and "wonderfully deep" memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll (Bruce Springsteen).

Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the greatest editor of his generation.”

His deeply personal…

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A kind of cultural Zelig, Jann Wenner has observed, followed, and eventually helped lead (by, for example, founding the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame) the evolution of rock & roll music from the Acid Test/Grateful Dead era of his Bay Area youth, through his publication and half-century stewardship of Rolling Stone magazine, to his ultimate incarnation as a zillionaire political mover-and-shaker, first-name hobnobbing with the likes of Bill and Hillary, Michelle and Barak. This kiss-and-tell memoir invites us to witness that journey first-hand, and to spend candid time with the likes of John and Yoko, Paul and Linda, Mick,…

As the founder of Rolling Stone magazine, Jann recounts decades of being at the forefront of musical, film, and political history.

But it’s his personal admissions of his arrogance and, most importantly, decades of being in the closet as a gay man that make reading or listening to this absolutely fascinating.

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