Kevin Dettmar: Punk in 50 Pieces

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Bob Dylan Center, Magic City Books and The University of Tulsa’s Oklahoma Center for the Humanities will present a conversation with music scholar Kevin Dettmar to celebrate the release of his new book “Punk in 50 Pieces: Punk Rock, Post-Punk, New Wave, and the Five Years that Changed Pop Music Forever.” Moderated by Bob Dylan Center Senior Director Steven Jenkins, the conversation will cover five decades of punk history, the musical genre’s (and its outgrowths’) cultural impact, and Dettmar’s selection of fifty key songs, ranging from “Anarchy in the U.K” by The Sex Pistols and “Boys Don’t Cry” by The Cure to “We Got the Beat” by The Go-Go’s and “Alison” by Elvis Costello (one of the center’s guest curators). Dettmar will field questions from the audience and sign copies of his book, which will be on sale at the event and ahead of time as of September 8 at Magic City Books. For complete event information, please visit https://magiccitybooks.com/events/6032520261006 Kevin Dettmar is W. M. Keck Professor of English and Founding Director of The Humanities Studio at Pomona College. He has written or edited a half-dozen books on modernist literature and contemporary popular music, including “The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan,” “Is Rock Dead?” and “Gang of Four: Entertainment!” His cultural criticism has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic and the New York Times.