Skyhorse Publishing will release “Kurt Cobain: Forever in Bloom: The Legacy Beyond the Tragedy” on September 22, written by journalist Kelly Catlin. The book draws on interviews with musicians, photographers and others connected to Cobain and Nirvana, aiming to move discussion of the late frontman away from his death and toward his creative output, activism and influence on outsider communities, according to the publisher.
Catlin says the project was shaped in part by her own experience losing a friend to suicide in 2017, and that she wanted to push back on narratives that treat suicide as an inevitable outcome of an artist’s struggles. The publisher says all of the author’s profits from the book will go to charity, with an emphasis on mental health and suicide prevention causes.
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore provided a blurb for the book, describing it as a loving portrait of Cobain that captures his kindness and empathy for marginalized people.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Eric Alper, thatericalper.com.