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Carrie Brownstein’s ‘Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl’ Is An Unflinching Nuanced Memoir

November 12, 2015 by Caryn Rose 1 Comment

Good memoir is revealing. Good memoir is insightful. Good memoir is reflective and goes beyond a simple retelling of the past. Good memoir is well written. Carrie Brownstein’s [Sleater-Kinney, Portlandia] memoir, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, ticks all of those boxes and then some. Brownstein faces her history with a steely candor and then…

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