A new display in the Maxwell Music Library called “From Page to Stage: Writing Great Lyrics” includes the following titles:

• The art of writing great lyrics
• The grammar of rock : art and artlessness in 20th century pop lyrics
• Electrify my soul : songwriters and the spiritual source
• Songwriting : strategies for musical self-expression and creativity
• Geniuses of the American musical theatre : the composers and lyricists
• Lyrical satirical Harold Rome : a biography of the Broadway composer-lyricist
• Johnny Mercer : southern songwriter for the world
• A purple summer : notes on the lyrics of Spring Awakening
• The singer-songwriter handbook