Lucinda Williams, one of our greatest living songwriters and a master of the story-song format, is now preparing to tell her own story. Williams has announced that sheâs writing her autobiography, The New York Times reports, a book that will cover Williamsâ Louisiana childhood, her youth as a busker on the streets of New Orleans, her rise to musical prominence at the age of 35âthat was in 1988; Williams is now 65âand her struggle to gain respect in the music industry, a topic that will presumably touch upon her infamously perfectionist songwriting process.
âI have a lot to say and a big story to tell,â Williams says in a press release. âI want everyone to know whatâs behind the songs and to know more about me than what people previously thought they knew. Itâs time to tell my truth.â If her prose is anything like her music, we expect this as-yet-untitled book to take a while to finish, but to be completely worth it in the end.
