Jeff Tweedy's Reading List

"One of my favorites. His writing influenced the Rememories in my new book. I try to construct sentences in the style of David Markson."

"He has a series of books — "Reader's Block," "This Is Not a Novel," "Vanishing Point" and "The Last Novel" — where he uses very short chapters and sentences with seemingly unrelated information that tell sort of hidden stories within the negative space. It's amazing."

"I think it's amazing. I have not finished it yet. But I love the concept."

"I really enjoyed "An Immense World," by Ed Yong. It's about all the different ways animals perceive the world... I find it very poetic, almost a metaphor for how we as humans live with one another sometimes."

"It's not a particularly uplifting book, but it is enlightening, and shares a lot of information about how we got in this situation we're in as a country, because of the way we treat poverty. I'm looking forward to learning more."

"I’ve sometimes told people that if they want to understand what ‘rock and roll’ means to me, they should read Don Quixote . Which is an unbelievably obnoxious thing to say and also something I stand by. Without Sancho Panza believing in or at least humoring his ‘liege,’ the magic evaporates. It feels incredible to suspend disbelief and subscribe to the world-changing spell cast by a rock song. What’s wrong with that? Lots, probably. But life would suck without it."