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“Travelogue for Exiles” from Collected Poems 1940–1978 by Karl Shapiro. Copyright 1942 and renewed 1970 by Karl Shapiro. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.

“You Got to Lose” words and music by Earl Hooker. © Copyright 1969 by Duchess Music Corporation. Rights administered by MCA Music, a division of MCA Inc., New York, N.Y. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

“The Girl Can’t Help It If the Menfolks Stop and Stare” words and music by Robert W. Troup. © 1956 Twentieth Century Music Corp., renewed 1984 Robert W. Troup. Assigned 1984 Londontown Music, Inc.

“Don’t Back Down” by Brian Wilson. © 1964 Irving Music, Inc. (BMI). All rights reserved. International copyright secured.

“Surfin’ U.S.A.” music by Chuck Berry, words by Brian Wilson. Copyright © 1958, 1963 by Arc Music Corporation. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

“Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)” by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae, and James Edwards. Copyright © 1954 by Progressive Music Publishing Co., Inc. Copyright renewed, assigned to Unichappell Music, Inc. (Rightsong Music, Publisher), International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

“I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Nick Lowe. © Anglo Rock Inc. Used with permission.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Stephen Kingis the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Mr. Mercedes, winner of the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Novel; Doctor Sleep; and Under the Dome , a major TV miniseries on CBS. His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best Mystery/Thriller. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and a 2014 National Medal of Arts. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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