Willie Nelson to Release New Book “Letters to America”
As prolific as Willie Nelson has been in the studio now well into his 80’s, he’s also been busy as an author and contributor, doing what he can to capture his wisdom in the written word, and share it with the rest of us. His latest installment will be called Letters To America, and was written with Texas Monthly contributor Turk Pipkin—the same collaborator Willie worked with for his 2006 book, The Tao of Willie. The book is set to be released on June 29th via Harper Horizon.
From the opening letter “Dear America,” to the ending “Dear Willie” epilogue, Willie is said to dig deep into his heart and soul to lift us up in difficult times, and to remind us of the endless promise and continuous obligations of all Americans—to both themselves, to one another, and to the nation. The book adopts a subtle, but patriotic theme.
The letters are said to address America’s past, present, and future, Willie’s closest family members, and his personal heroes, from our founding fathers to the leaders of future generations. The book is also said to be rounded out with the moving lyrics to some of Willie’s most famous and insightful songs, including “Let Me Be a Man,” “Family Bible,” “Summer of Roses,” “Me and Paul” about his recently-deceased drummer Paul English, and “Yesterday’s Wine.”
Willie Nelson just released another book in 2020 called Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of The Family Band, and on February 26th he released his latest album called That’s Life, which is his latest tribute to Frank Sinatra. At 87-years-old, (and turning 88 on April 29th), Willie is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Letters To America will be available via hardback, audiobook, audio CD, or Kindle. It is now available for pre-order.
March 9, 2021 @ 10:49 am
Does Willie release as many books as he does albums these days? That’s a good problem to have.
By the way, if you like western books, “A Tale Out of Luck” (co-written by Willie) is very good.
March 9, 2021 @ 12:49 pm
Me & Sister Bobbie is great! They traded off chapters and it was really a good way to go. I’ve always loved Bobbie but hearing her version of history was really eye opening!
March 10, 2021 @ 6:51 am
Me and Sister Bobbie is a great read- he also co-authored a western with Mike Blakeley I don’t remember the title to.
I’ve done basically the same thing as his new Letters to America, though unpublished and not really meant to be, more for posterity, as it were. It’s titled, “I” will Survive- I wrote it, 10, maybe 12 years ago, and referenced a lot of Founders quotes for validation/substantiation of my views on where we are as a Country- and my starting point, in the book, is The Declaration of Independence- I point out the coincidence that “I” is the first letter in Independent, and Individual- I wrote it because my oldest son, and a dear friend (I’ve known for 52 years now) said I should write a book- my oldest son said I should write it about the Individual, because I was the only person he knew who could- he based that opinion on conversations we’d had- so, I did. It’s just 175 pages with a portion dedicated to introducing myself through an abbreviated life story for the sake of illustrating there’s nothing special about me- I’m just a man- but, I have great observation skills and a little formal training in failure analysis that allowed my natural analytical talent to shine- and I applied those traits and skills to a book- and, make no mistake, “I” will Survive- History is the evidence- groups, political Party’s, etc,.morph into and away from, but/and without Individual effort, NOTHING happens. Period.
I’m sure Willie’s book will make him a lot more money than mine has me- LOL
March 11, 2021 @ 9:22 am
i’m really digging “that’s life”. Great instrumentation and stellar perfomances by Willie, for me is better than “stardust”.
December 26, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
The news actually shocked me (I thought before it was his last book). He’s so old now, and he’s still putting something out. I’d probably at that age just retire, rest. But he fights to the end, he doesn’t allow himself a single ounce of rest. On the contrary, I’m in college now, and I often pay for homework, I use https://edubirdie.com/pay-for-homework for that. It allows me more time to rest. Because really college makes me very tired. But looking at Willie Nelson makes me want to get out of bed and start doing something. Incredible motivation for me. I hope I’ll be as active as he is at that age.