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John Sellers

John Sellers is the author of Perfect from Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life. He’s written for GQ, Spin, and the New York Times, and half-assedly maintains a blog at johnsellers.net. This is his first essay for the Believer.

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Not long ago, I went to my cousin’s wedding in Colorado with my dad. It was the first I’d traveled anywhere with him since 1986, when we drove through a blizzard from Michigan ...

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Roadkill Along the Turnpike to Obsession There’s a stage I go through during the gestation pe­riod of a new musical in­fatuation where I’m aware that it’s pointless to resist ...

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