Three genre-bending memoirs on the Longlist weave together the personal, political, and everything in between. In Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time, author Natalie Hodges delves into the psychology of musicality inspired by her own crippling performance anxiety. Hodges combines music theory, neuroscience, and quantum physics alongside personal stories of her abusive father, her mother’s immigration to the US from Korea, and the high expectations that fueled her dream of becoming a concert solo violinist.