Books and Articles
Rosanne’s essays and fiction have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Oxford-American, New York Magazine, and various other periodicals and collections.
Rosanne is author of, and editor and contributor to, the following books:
IN STORES AUGUST 10TH
Composed
Composed is the story of an artist finding her voice—both figuratively and literally—in the context of her family legacy, of the commercial imperatives of the music business, and of a desire to preserve some measure of privacy in a life that has been too often subjected to public scrutiny. Read More
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Bodies of Water
Hyperion, 1996
Readers may be just a tad skeptical about this slender volume of short fiction by Cash, a singer who topped the country charts for a decade. But if you’ve followed Cash’s career, you know that she has left the country spotlight to record her own heartfelt compositions, and her talent as a lyricist translates beautifully into short fiction. The brief but polished, emotionally resonant tales collected here possess the perfect timing, fluid expressiveness, and subtle circularity of ballads. Several stories reflect Cash’s life as a performer as well as the mother of three daughters, but Cash is imaginative and each of her female protagonists has a distinctive persona and uniquely vivid inner life. A young acting student abruptly casts off her crippling self-consciousness; a wonderfully confident mother of teenage daughters exults in their bond; another mother goes to Europe on her own to "give birth to her middle-aged self" ; and in the poignant title story, a woman has nightmares about not being able to save her child from drowning. Yes, motherhood, with all its fears and blissfulness, is the key theme here (Cash has dedicated these stories to her children), but motherhood as seen by a woman who understands loneliness and the price of being yourself. Wise, funny, and eloquent, Cash’s stories are as deeply affecting as her songs. —Donna Seaman, Booklist
Penelope Jane: A Fairy’s Tale
HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2000
"Tall as an eyelash, quick as a plane was the tiniest fairy, Penelope Jane." Penelope Jane de la Fesser, a flying French fairy, is just the perfect size to live in the right-hand dresser drawer of her very best friend, five-year-old Carrie. When this eyelash-tall fairy decides one day to go to school with Carrie, she doesn’t let her tiny size stand in the way of getting into some really big trouble! But when the whole school is suddenly in danger, Penelope Jane musters a lion’s share of courage in order to save the day. Includes the words and music to the original song "How to Be Strong" by Grammy Award-winning singer Rosanne Cash.
Songs Without Rhyme: A Collection of Short Stories by Songwriters
Edited by Rosanne Cash.
The best songwriters are first and foremost storytellers; their words inspire and move. This wholly original collection brings together the talents of todays most accomplished songwriters in a compelling and rewarding anthologynot of songs, but of prose. Each piece is paired with the song lyric that inspired it, offering a rare glimpse into the artists creative process.
Country Music Reader 2007
Foreword by Rosanne Cash
Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000
Article, "The Ties That Bind," originally published in Joe Magazine
