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===Writings=== Outside of music, Bowie dabbled in several forms of writings during his life. In the late 1990s, Bowie was commissioned for writings of various media, including an essay on Jean-Michel Basquiat for the 2001 anthology book ''Writers on Artists'' and forewords to Jo Levin's 2001 publication ''GQ Cool'', Mick Rock's 2001 photography portfolio ''Blood and Glitter'', his wife Iman's 2001 book ''I Am Iman'', ''Q'' magazine's 2002 special ''The 100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Photographs'' and Jonathan Barnbrook's artwork portfolio ''Barnbrook Bible: The Graphic Design of Jonathan Barnbrook''.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} He also heavily contributed to the 2002 Genesis Publications memoir of the Ziggy Stardust years, ''Moonage Daydream'', which was rereleased in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last=Aswad |first=Jem |title=David Bowie 'Moonage Daydream' Massive Photo Book to Be Released in Anniversary Edition |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/david-bowie-moonage-daydream-photo-book-1235392430/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 October 2022 |date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016205819/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/david-bowie-moonage-daydream-photo-book-1235392430/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Bowie also wrote liner notes for several albums, including ''Too Many Fish in the Sea'' by [[Robin Clark]], the wife of his guitarist Carlos Alomar, Stevie Ray Vaughan's posthumous ''[[Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985]]'' (2002), [[The Spinners (American group)|the Spinners]]' compilation ''The Chrome Collection'' (2003), the tenth anniversary reissue of Placebo's [[Placebo (Placebo album)|debut album]] (2006) and [[Neu!]]'s ''[[Neu! Vinyl Box|Vinyl Box]]'' (2010).{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}} Bowie also wrote an appreciation piece in ''Rolling Stone'' for Nine Inch Nails in 2005 and an essay for the booklet accompanying Iggy Pop's ''[[A Million in Prizes: The Anthology]]'' the same year.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|p=698}}
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