As I’m getting ready for the release of Nirvana Is Here, I’ve been writing several piece of creative non-fiction thinking about the book’s creation from different perspectives. One of these pieces, which is in the Washington Post, deals with the legacy of Kurt Cobain and the band Nirvana, and the way in which their music and their public persona impacted my life. It’s interesting how a certain piece of art will hit you at a time in your life when you’re ready for it, and that combination, like alchemy, is transformative. As I wrote Nirvana Is Here, I found it interesting how while writing fiction inspired in part on things that happened to me in the late 80s and early 90s, the music kept coming up, hence the title of my book. It was an integral part of my experience.