Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
“A Love Letter to Music and Collaboration”: Carrie Brownstein on Her Memoir ‘Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl’
Carrie Brownstein recently published her memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl on Riverhead books. It’s a deftly woven narrative of its author’s early life and how it informed her work in the seminal PacNW punk rock band Sleater-Kinney. The focus is narrowed to the people, places, and events that were influential to the band, omitting superfluous or overly sentimental details. A brisk and fascinating work, it reads like an extended feature in a high-minded literary magazine, which may just be what she was going for. …Read More
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