The Power of Art in Nate Powell’s “Fall Through”

At the end of Nate Powell’s latest book Fall Through, Powell writes about what the book means to him. He begins, “thank you for indulging me as i reconnect with the openness and idealism driving us during an extended & libertine adolescence.” While Fall Through is fictional, chronicling the last tour of Wormwood, Arkansa’s Diamond Mine, it also pulls heavily from Powell’s own experiences in the DIY punk…