The first collection of criticism by a living female rock critic / Jessica Hopper ; foreword by Samantha Irby.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374538996
- ISBN: 0374538999
- Physical Description: xvi, 426 pages ; 19 cm
- Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
- Publisher: New York : MCD x FSG Originals, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in 2015 by Featherproof Books, Chicago"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes discography. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Samantha Irby -- Introduction: I have a strange relationship with music -- Part I: Chicago -- Part II: Real/Fake -- Part III: Death/Redemption -- Part IV: Nostalgia -- Part V: California -- Part VI: Strictly business -- Part VII: Desire, power, pleasure -- Part VIII: Personal/Political -- Part IX: She said -- Afterword. |
Summary, etc.: | "A revised and expanded edition of celebrated critic Jessica Hopper's pioneering music writing"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Rock music > 2001-2010 > History and criticism. Rock music > 2011-2020 > History and criticism. |
Genre: | Essays. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic : Revised and Expanded Edition
Jessica Hopper is the author of the books The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic and Night Moves. Her writing has appeared in GQ , Rolling Stone , The New York Times Magazine , The Guardian , Elle , and Bookforum , among other outlets. A long time contributor to the Chicago Reader , she has been a columnist for the Village Voice and Chicago Tribune , the music consultant for This American Life , the editorial director for MTV News, and a senior editor at Pitchfork and Rookie . Her essays have appeared in several editions of Best Music Writing , and she currently serves as series editor of the American Music Series at the University of Texas Press.