Poison Pen

No depression here: Jeff Tweedy (left) and Wilco bare their summer teeth.

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But Tweedy's focus rarely drifts too far from the words inside his own head. He has some aspirations of attempting a book of stories or poetry. Bob Dylan may be his core literary influence, but even now he has a short stack of books by the door to his hotel room: anthologies of William Burroughs and Sherwood Anderson, a bio of Jackson Pollack. Whether those books inspire songs or just doubts remains unclear. And that, at least, is unlikely to change.

"There are so many words," Tweedy says. "Who needs any more books? I don't need any more books, and I buy so many of them, you know. You could say the same about songs, I guess."