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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Carrie Brownstein
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Description for Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Paperback. From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life-and finding yourself-in music. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 page black and white photo section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy. Front cover showing light shelf wear from sticker, remains a nice copy
Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one of the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as America's best rock band by ... Read more
Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one of the most important movements in rock history. Seeking a sense of home and identity, she would discover both while moving from spectator to creator in experiencing the power and mystery of a live performance. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s. They would be cited as America's best rock band by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
DO NOT USE
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349007953
SKU
9780349007953
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About Carrie Brownstein
Carrie Brownstein is a musician, writer and actor who first became widely known as the guitarist and vocalist of the band Sleater-Kinney and later as a creator, writer and co-star of the Emmy-nominated, Peabody Award winning television show Portlandia. Brownstein's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, Slate, and numerous anthologies on music and culture. She lives ... Read more
Reviews for Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
Fans of Sleater Kinney and Brownstein the musician are in for a real treat
Hot Press
A complex and moving portrait of one riot grrl's coming of age in America
Guardian
Enormously compelling, especially because Brownstein writes honestly
Books of the year
AV Club
The best memoir to come out of the '90s ... Read more
Hot Press
A complex and moving portrait of one riot grrl's coming of age in America
Guardian
Enormously compelling, especially because Brownstein writes honestly
Books of the year
AV Club
The best memoir to come out of the '90s ... Read more