My Life on Earth & Elsewhere

'Like any good memoir, this is as much about the writer's milieu as it is about the writer. Major figures crop up in Schafer's tales: musicians such as Britten and Cage along with many others, including Marshall McLuhan, Ezra Pound, even Jim Henson. Forrest Gump-like stories fill the pages; Schafer has a knack for finding himself a player in big events. Unlike his thirty-plus other books, this is a personal memoir -- but it is also a portrait of the history and public landscape of musical and intellectual life in the second half of the twentieth century.' -- Crystal Chan Musicworks 'This beautiful book is bound in lovely paper, decorated on the cover and inside with copious examples of [R Murray Schafer's] art. I am reminded of why books matter...' barczablog 'The book has the glow of sincere conviction about it that adumbrates just about everything Schafer says and does. It is a well written account of a remarkable life remarkably lived.' -- Colin Eatock The Literary Review of Canada '...Schafer's memoir is engrossing, memorable, and offers both insight into the inner life of an artist and inspiration for those striving for a career in the arts.' -- Aimee Jodoin ForeWord Reviews