India, Oct. 11 -- Hundred Greatest Love Songs is the genre-bending memoir of a young artist and poet willing to risk his life for his craft. Told in 100 short chapters and arranged like a playlist, the story is one of transformation - spiritual, sexual and intellectual - as the protagonist, a waiter, carves his path from a diner in small-town Iowa to a prestigious college in upstate New York. Along the way, he makes new friends: misfits who become his chosen family, and renowned American poets and artists who show him that it is possible to lead a remarkable life, no matter the circumstances. At its core, this book is an ode to friendship. It is as much about an artist trying to find his place in the world as it is about the people who help him do so. Author Bijal Vachharajani called it an "earworm of a book [that has been] playing in my head on loop". Sumana Roy says it is the kind of book you want to share. Hundred Greatest Love Songs serves as a tes- tament to the healing power of poetry - Dwi-bedy is the author of six collections of verse - and shows how literature, art and music can save lives....