Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from Berly

I am not a fan of punk-rock, so there was a lot of this I didn't connect to. Her band, Sleater-Kinney became famous about 10 years after my college listening days were over and I think I have only actually listened to two of the scores of other bands mentioned as peers and inspiration. Frankly, I...

from ecataldi

I'll admit, I know of Carrie Brownstein only through Portlandia (I've watched a whole two episodes!) and have heard maybe one Sleater-Kinney song. I'm a travesty. The hype on this book was too good to pass and the audiobook is narrated by the author so I decided to give it a try. I was not disapp...

from Castlelass

“I've always felt unclaimed. This is a story of the ways I created a territory, something more than just an archipelago of identities, something that could steady me, somewhere that I belonged.” – Carrie Brownstein, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl Exceptionally well-written memoir about Sleater-Ki...

from lisapeet

Terrific: sharp, smart, introspective, complex, funny, and sad. What you (I) want in a music memoir-a little creative process, a little zeitgeist of the times, a lot of self-awareness without too much self-indulgence. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that Brownstein can really write, but it mad...

from GabbyF

Have you ever been stable and successful, but still wondered why you didn't feel satisfied? Have you ever built a non-biological family for yourself? Have you ever been frustrated by the lack of appreciation or attention given to your technique or process, in work or craft, because you are a woma...