Sarah Palin, Andre Agassi and now Rick Springfield

Singer and actor Rick Springfield is joining the lineup of celebrity memoirists, which hit new heights this fall with books by Andre Agassi and Sarah Palin. Springfeld, who hit it big in 1981 with the pop hit "Jessie's Girl" and subsequent role(s) on "General Hospital," now appears in "Californication." In September, he told  Entertainment Weekly that he was working on a memoir that would be "brutally honest about anything other than the things that will put me in prison." He then recounted a story -- complete with hookers and hand grenades -- about playing with a rock band in Vietnam in 1969, when he was still a teenager.

Tuesday's brief news report makes the book, which will be published by Touchstone Fireside, sound considerably more sedate. Tentatively titled "Late, Late at Night," (a lyric from his biggest hit), the book will, according to the Associated Press, "tell of Springfield's long battle with depression."

Whether the book will go heavy into depression or focus on the mad hijinks of a handsome pop star doesn't really matter. What does is that it'll include interesting vocabulary: Without Rick Springfield, I might never have learned the word "moot."

-- Carolyn Kellogg

Comments

[depression help]

The more high profile people who speak about their personal struggles, the better. Publicly discussing the issues helps de-stigmatise the mental health and wellbeing problems and encourages others to seek help.

[Viva]

Rick is a fine human being and I have no doubt that his autobiography will be completely honest - unlike the fantasy novel 'Going Bogus', or whatever it's called.

[lauri]

I'm just really looking forward to reading a self penned biography of Rick Springfield. His song lyrics are so thought provoking and sometimes tongue in cheek, make you pick up the dictionary (to "suss" out a feeling!)and inspire. I think he is a very talented singer and songwriter, he puts on a great concert - can't wait to read the book!