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1st Prize Winner Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess of Aurora, Ontario 2nd Prize Winner Brandon Hobson of Hennessey, Oklahoma, for Street Dogs 3rd Prize Winner… Read More »2011 Winners

Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess

Heidegger Stairwell by Kayt Burgess
Heidegger Stairwell

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Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-55152-486-3
3-Day Books, 2012

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About the Book

Music journalist Evan Strocker has almost finished a memoir chronicling his time with Heidegger Stairwell, an indie-rock legend from small-town Ontario whose members he has known his whole life. But the band thinks he’s left a little too much of himself on the page—allowing his experiences as a transgender man and his very complicated romance with the lead guitarist eclipse the story of the group’s dramatic rise and fall. Through graphic notes and colourful marginalia, the musicians weigh in on their friend’s version of the truth and fight to put their own testimony on the record. And as Strocker’s manuscript finally comes together, both band and writer are forced to face shocking new events that once again change their fortunes.

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