2024: The Lyrics of Paul McCartney

In 2015, the celebrated Irish poet PAUL MULDOON was enlisted by another celebrated Paul—Sir Paul McCartney—to help him put together a unique kind of autobiography, one told through the stories of McCartney’s lyrics. In this remarkable, one-of-a-kind book, which Muldoon edited, there are the texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person accounts of where the songs came from and the people who inspired them. The Lyrics is a captivating look at creativity, where it springs from, and how it works. Join Muldoon as he talks about the book and how he came to be involved with it, and the storytelling genius of one of our greatest songwriters.