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Product Description A masterful blending of story and song, there’s a transcendent quality to My Body the Guitar that goes beyond the words on the page. It’s a musical journey in three parts: obsession and desire, nostalgia and longing, and reverence and prayer. Like a troubadour’s notebook of songs, this creates such depth and vision in this gorgeous and spellbinding book, and one can hear music weaving its way from cover to cover. An emotional and intimate book that will continue to reveal its secrets every time it is read. ~Jenni Brandon, composer of Sisters of the Covid Moon for soprano, bassoon, and piano, 2021 (US) An incredible immersive work written from the inside out, learning to play guitar from scratch to dive deeper into poetic Nirvana.!!! A groundbreaking work written with the deepest love of the art. A virtuoso poet at the height of her powers. ~Paul Garthwaite, guitarist, composer, teacher (UK) From the Author For three years I immersed myself in the world of guitars and the people who make their music, watching dozens of hours of YouTube videos, reading 50+ guitarist biographies and autobiographies, and modern musical histories, and, yes, learning to play the instrument myself as to better understand the mastery of the "mighty gods" included in this 184-page collection, divided into three parts: In 1, "Mere Mortal," you can follow my learning curve on the guitar in poems largely tspokekn to my guitar in a series of etudes. In Part 2, "Local Heroes," I honor the master guitarists in my inner circle: teachers, lovers, friends, guitar pals as well as my deceased brother. In Part 3, "Mighty Gods," you'll encounter my ideiosyncratic pantheon of immortals from Jimi Hendrix to Joni Mitchell, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Warren Zevon, Eddie Van Halen, Jackson Browne, Jerry Garcia, Bonnie Raitt and so many more. Turn up the volume on poetry and rock on with me! About the Author Karla Linn Merrifield, a nine