After nearly 50 years of songwriting, John Prine has released a book, Beyond Words, full of photos, handwritten lyrics and notations full of typical cockeyed humor and Zen-like poetic observation.

John Lydon considers Bettie Page, the sable-haired pinup model who was an early Playboy Playmate and stag-film star, a “pioneer.” “She had the courage to do something no one else was doing ...