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In a career spanning more than twenty years, hopper has earned acclaim as a provocative, fearless music journalist. University of texas presswritten in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes, night moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all. Jessica hoppers memoir night moves pays homage to a bygone. You wont know exactly how many music shows she went to, what she did for a living, or whether she was in a love relationship during that time. In night moves, jessica hopper opens the window to a past that might have been my past, or your past, or the past of someone you know. Jessica hoppers night moves operates in the dimension of impression.

Night moves by jessica hopper the university of texas press. A book birthed in the amber glow of chicago streetlamps, night moves is about a transformative moment of cultural historyand how a raw, rebellious writer found her voice. Jessica hoppers memoir oscillates between charting a story of gentrification. Jessica hopper will be presenting night moves in conversation with danez smith at milkweed books in minneapolis on sept. Though the book isnt structured with any type of chronology, the precise. Its a stylized kind of a diary, beginning in 2004, about hopper hanging out with her friends when she was not yet a professional writer but mapped that dream often.

Night moves by jessica hopper politics and prose bookstore. Night moves by jessica hopper university of texas press in her latest book, music critic jessica hopper creates a loving portrait of early2000s chicago through vignettes that capture the city in all its gritty, weird glory. Jessica hopper born september 5, 1976 is an american writer. By that worthy metric, jessica hopper s memoir night moves which draws on her personal journals from the aughts, and chronicles her formative years as a dj and aspiring writer in. Jessica hopper on night moves, danez smith, and being a.

Jessica hopper, night moves w katie alice greer youtube. Night moves is a love letter to the first part of adulthood and to the chicago neighborhood that is passing in the memory. Hopper has grown up in the publicish eye, and her documentation of her growth has always been a pleasure to read. Jessica hoppers night moves captures city life in ones. Jessica hopper, chicago, illinois, is a music critic and the author of the first collection of criticism by a living female rock critic. Drawing on her personal journals from the aughts, jessica hopper chronicles her time as a dj, living in decrepit punk houses, biking to bad loft parties with her friends, exploring chicago deep into the night.

Jessica hopper writes about living in the sweet part of. Jessica hoppers night moves is a love letter to chicagos. As some of you may have read, amazon and goodreads are becoming a little less hospitable places for indie and new authors, and i think it is important to continue to promote new talent and get the word out. Theres a glorious passage in night moves, the latest book by music editor and critic and onetime reader contributor jessica hopper, during.

Night moves memoir, a 2018 memoir by music critic jessica hopper. She has written for gq, rolling stone, the new york. Night moves tv series, a canadian tv show from 19861993. Unfortunately this book did not really grip me, the characters the earlier novels were gripping but i feel the recent ones have become formulaic. It would have been the ideal book for hopper herself when she. Jessica hopper is a music critic and the author of the first collection of criticism by a living female rock critic. For more info on jessicas writing and the new book, visit. Night moves university of texas press is a mood piece, and its subjects are friendship, chicago, and discovery.

Jessica hopper just released night moves, a love letter to friends, bikes, and chicago night air. Meditations on this specific stage of adulthood are laced throughout musiccritic jessica hopper s tightlywritten memoir night moves. It is a book of poems, it is a memoir, it is a living. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Jessica hopper s night moves is an episodic memoir, drawn from her diaries, about time spent navigating a music scene that she was documenting. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. She was formerly the editorial director at mtv news, and senior editor at. Night moves, titled after the bob seger classic, is hoppers memoir of the early aughts when she was in her late 20s. Praised in the guardian as one of a handful of music journalists whose every new piece feels like an event. Drawing on her personal journals from the aughts, jessica hopper chronicles her time as a dj, living in decrepit punk houses, biking to bad loft parties with her friends, exploring. Night moves is not a formal memoir of a young woman orbiting punk rock nor a microhistory of the 2000s in her adopted hometown. Jessica hopper discusses her book, night moves, at politics and prose on 10818. Every week i am going to do a weekend spotlight post focusing on the work of an indie or debut author. Read night moves by jessica hopper available from rakuten kobo. Jessica hoppers night moves is part memoir, part love. Night moves captures fleeting moments in chicago and. By that worthy metric, jessica hoppers memoir night moveswhich draws on her personal journals from the aughts, and chronicles her formative years as a dj and aspiring. Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes, night moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all.

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I love chicago as is, burnished perfect from years of disrepair, writes jessica hopper in her new book, night moves it makes me want to. Our staff here has loved this book, set in the authors days in wicker park and the vicinity in the early 2000s, and we agree with vulture magazine, who said, this lovely and succinct memoir by music critic jessica hopper reads as if the coolest girl you know has let. By that worthy metric, jessica hoppers memoir night moves which draws on her personal journals from the aughts, and chronicles her formative years as. Music critic jessica hopper documents chicago nightlife of. Night moves poetry collection, a 20 book by stephanie barber. It is a book of poems, it is a memoir, it is a living journal, all at once. Night moves features psychologist alex delaware and detective milo sturgis kellermans usual protagonists. A book birthed in the amber glow of chicago streetlamps, night moves is about a transformative moment of cultural historyand how a raw.

Though the book isnt structured with any type of chronology. Though the book isnt structured with any type of chronology, the precise stage of feeling both young and old at the same time carries through the changes and growth hopper recalls while living in an ever. Jessica hopper is a music critic and the author of the first collection of criticism. Theres a glorious passage in night moves, the latest book by music editor and critic and onetime reader contributor jessica hopper, during which she recounts a 2004 bike ride down damen avenue. A music writer for more than 20 years, hopper has worked for pitchfork, mtv news, rolling. Drawing on her personal journals from the aughts, jessica hopper chronicles her time as a dj, living in decrepit punk houses, biking to bad loft parties with her friends, exploring chicago. Her first book, the girls guide to rocking workman, 2009 was named a notable book for young readers by the american library association. September 23, 2018 jessica hoppers memoir oscillates between charting a story of. This book stall favorite is one of the most acclaimed books of 2018. Jessica hopper is a music critic, producer and author based in chicago. Written in taut, mesmerizing, often hilarious scenes drawn from 2004 through 2009, night moves captures the fierce friendships and small moments that form us all.