Jessica Hopper Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Jessica Hopper is a director, producer and author. Author. Producer. Director, Women Who Rock. Editor, American Music Series. Latest: The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
Michelle TeaJessica HopperLike I have with all of Michelle Tea's books, I ATE THIS UP IN ONE SITTING. A sweet, funny, real book about queer family making. Recommend!
Paperback, 2023
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Less Than Zero
Bret Easton EllisJessica Hopper@ourcityburning @ZacharyLipez Here to say Bret Easton Ellis ripped off Didion to such a pitiful degree he insisted she not read Less Than Zero.
Paperback, 1998
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Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
Jason McBrideJessica HopperJust rabidly devoured the excellent Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker in 3 sittings and am thinking about all she endowed to girls, queer folx, writers at the fringe -- the permission to be scary and ungovernable. https://t.co/Irt4I23rlQ
Paperback, 2023
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The Art of the Wasted Day
Patricia HamplJessica HopperFolks who are practicing resting, trying to learn to do less, do nothing, lie fallow, decoupling from grind culture -- what are some good texts / reading on the topic? Aside from Jenny Odell's book, Patricia Hampl's Art of the Wasted Day -- what are the crucial books?
Paperback, 2019
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I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton
Lynn MelnickJessica HopperAnd most immediately *I’ve Had to Think Up a Way to Survive: On Trauma, Persistence, and Dolly Parton * by the great poet @LynnMelnick which is a feminist iconography of sorts, but is the Dolly book I have always wanted https://t.co/5oDP64TFP9
Hardcover, 2022
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions
Francesca T. RoysterJessica HopperComing down the pike from American Music Series and the brilliant Francesca Royster : Black Country Music. An essential read. And look at this tour! It's a cavalcade of genius in convo. https://t.co/MvFH0hCBTw
Hardcover, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightbitch
Rachel YoderJessica HopperAUSTRALIAN BUDS. Rachel Yoder is a goddamn genius and NIGHT BITCH is a stunning book. Go see her! cc @sineadgleeson @brodielancaster https://t.co/fx65YlFKV0
Paperback, 2022
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel Van Der KolkJessica HopperIf you love a REAL memoir and are looking for something that is like... the chaser after you read Body Keeps The Score -- something that speaks to the pain and grace of reconciling your CPTSD in feminist, intersectional way -- here's the book: https://twitter.com/satori_dude/status/1548426577867710464
Paperback, 2015
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire DedererJessica HopperIn Claire Dederer's phenomenal new book MONSTERS she writes about how folks answer emotional/systemic issues/probs with EZ capitalist answers -- "don't watch it, don't buy their music" -- that said music world is so atomized and so freelance, organization seems out of reach https://t.co/W5dzjAeIBL
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Bell HooksJessica Hopper@MoiraDonegan makes me think of what bell hooks wrote in the intro to Men Masculinity and Love about women secretly holding their breath, waiting for men to die so they themselves can live.
Paperback, 2004
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