Musician Jack White Ventures into Book Publishing

Jack WhiteMusican Jack White, formerly with the White Stripes, will become a book publisher next month when his company, Third Man Records, releases Language Lessons: Volume 1, featuring a 321-page hardcover book of prose and poetry, as well as two vinyl LPs and five broadsides of poems, all from the nascent Third Man Books imprint.

Co-edited by Chet Weise and Third Man's Ben Swank, the book features work by more than 20 contemporary writers, including Dale Ray Phillips, C.D. Wright and Adrian Matejka. Retail price is $50 per copy for Language Lessons: Volume 1, which can be pre-ordered now at Third Man's website, "and will be available in discerning book and record stores the world over from August 5th."

"We are not mad," the company wrote on its website. "As previously mentioned, LL:VI will be Third Man Books' first commercially available tome and signifies a strong intent for Third Man entering the universe of publishing. Third Man Books, like Language Lessons, will be fearless, imaginative and eclectic. We hope to be a welcome addition to what is already a very compelling and thrilling independent American literary landscape."

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