Esquire

John Mellencamp

__ I AM THE luckiest motherfucker in the world.

__ I WAS BORN with spina bifida. I had my head cut off when I was six weeks old. There were three other kids who had that same operation that day. The other kids died, and I lived. One girl made it for a while, and I used to see her at basketball games. She was paralyzed from the neck down. She died when she was about, I

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Esquire

Esquire2 min read
Mac Daddy
BELLS AND WHISTLES CAN BE fun, but it’s tough to beat perfectly calibrated simplicity. Case in point: the mac coat. Pared down to just the essentials, the mac—short for mackintosh, the style introduced in the 1820s as a utilitarian raincoat made of r
Esquire5 min read
My Therapist Died
I WAS 25 YEARS OLD, SITTING CROSS-LEGGED ON A COUCH, UNABLE TO STOP my foot from wagging. My new therapist sat ten feet across from me, his middle-aged girth swallowed up in a high-backed leather chair, masculine: thick wrists, the wide beige band of
Esquire3 min read
What I’ve Learned Sheryl Crow
__ I HAVE BEEN A MUSICIAN since I was old enough to reach the keys on a piano. __ THERE WAS A MOMENT where I realized that what I was meant to be doing was not only reflecting but documenting the human experience. __ IT’S VERY HARD for me to understa

Related Books & Audiobooks