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HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL
Carrie Brownstein’s highly anticipated memoir, HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL, a candid and deeply personal look at life in rock and roll from a leader of feminist punk music at the dawn of the riot-grrrl era.
Before Carrie Brownstein codeveloped and starred in the wildly popular TV comedy Portlandia, she was already an icon to young women for her role as a musician in the feminist punk band Sleater-Kinney. The band was a key part of the early riot- grrrl and indie rock scenes in the Pacific Northwest, known for their prodigious guitar shredding and their leftist lyrics against war, traditionalism, and gender roles.
HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL (the title is drawn from Sleater-Kinney’s “Modern Girl”) is the deeply personal and revealing narrative of Brownstein's life in music, from ardent fan to pioneering female guitarist to comedic performer and luminary in the independent rock world. Though Brownstein struggled against the music industry's sexist double standards, by 2006 she was the only woman to earn a spot on Rolling Stone readers' list of the "25 Most Underrated Guitarists of All-Time." This book intimately captures what it feels like to be a young woman in a rock-and-roll band, from her days at the dawn of the underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s through today.
Brownstein’s memoir couldn’t come at a better time; her band Sleater-Kinney put out an album this January for the first time in almost a decade after going on hiatus in 2006, and has been touring the US, Canada and Europe (including shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Antwerp, and the UK) since February. The New York Times, USA Today, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Rolling Stone, Paste, Pitchfork and Flavorwire all reported on Riverhead's acquisition of Brownstein's memoir.
Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, writer and actress who first became widely known as the guitarist and vocalist of feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney and as co-developer of IFC's sketch comedy Portlandia, where she stars opposite Fred Armisen. Her writing has previously appeared in The Believer and Slate. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL (the title is drawn from Sleater-Kinney’s “Modern Girl”) is the deeply personal and revealing narrative of Brownstein's life in music, from ardent fan to pioneering female guitarist to comedic performer and luminary in the independent rock world. Though Brownstein struggled against the music industry's sexist double standards, by 2006 she was the only woman to earn a spot on Rolling Stone readers' list of the "25 Most Underrated Guitarists of All-Time." This book intimately captures what it feels like to be a young woman in a rock-and-roll band, from her days at the dawn of the underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s through today.
Brownstein’s memoir couldn’t come at a better time; her band Sleater-Kinney put out an album this January for the first time in almost a decade after going on hiatus in 2006, and has been touring the US, Canada and Europe (including shows in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Antwerp, and the UK) since February. The New York Times, USA Today, New York Magazine, New York Daily News, Rolling Stone, Paste, Pitchfork and Flavorwire all reported on Riverhead's acquisition of Brownstein's memoir.
Carrie Brownstein is an American musician, writer and actress who first became widely known as the guitarist and vocalist of feminist punk trio Sleater-Kinney and as co-developer of IFC's sketch comedy Portlandia, where she stars opposite Fred Armisen. Her writing has previously appeared in The Believer and Slate. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Published 2015-10-27 by Riverhead |
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Published 2015-10-27 by Riverhead |