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Peter Ames Carlin, author portrait
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Peter Ames Carlin

PETER AMES CARLIN is the author of several books, including Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, published in 2021, and Bruce, the  biography of Bruce Springsteen published in 2012. Carlin has also been a freelance journalist, a senior writer at People in New York City, and a television columnist and feature writer at The Oregonian in Portland. A regular speaker on music, writing, and popular culture, Carlin lives in Seattle.
Tonight in Jungleland
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.

Books

Tonight in Jungleland
The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.