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"Seventeen curious, well-tuned writers (they're fans, too) turn their philosophical attention to Tom Petty in this intellectually rigorous and wildly fun 'little box set of big ideas'. In his hits, deep cuts, and videos they find complexity, ideas, and plenty of questions -- plus some answers -- about the human condition. I need to know, Petty once sang. These writers are really listening." -- JOE BONOMO, author of Field Recordings from the Inside (2017) and editor of Conversations with Greil Marcus (2012) "A great song has worlds inside of it. And Tom Petty wrote a lot of them. But too often we don't stop to explore, question, consider, knock on a few of the doors that appear down a great song's corridors. In this collection, some thoughtful writers have come together to show us how they did it.