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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein – review

The Sleater-Kinney riot grrrl delves into her early years and musical motivations with an engaging, unself-pitying intelligence

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein review – mysteries remain

The Sleater-Kinney guitarist’s memoir is packed with revelations, but the alchemy of the band remains elusive

Rage against the machinery

Sleater-Kinney Cockpit, Leeds **
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  • Dorset to unveil statue of feminist writer and LGBTQ+ pioneer – and a cat
  • The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
  • Joanna Trollope, bestselling chronicler of ordinary life, dies aged 82
  • Jonathan Coe: ‘I was a Tory until I read Tony Benn’
  • Horror hit Paranormal Activity spawns a West End play – and even its director yelped with fear
  • Joyride by Susan Orlean review – an extraordinary, curious life
  • Into the Woods review – Brothers Grimm gloriously mashed up by Sondheim
  • How to buy a book for a child who is a non-reader? The trick is to meet them where they are
  • Sophie Kinsella obituary
  • Jarvis Cocker and Mary Beard announced as Booker prize judges
  • Daniel Woodrell obituary
  • Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson to return for latest Hunger Games instalment
  • Where to start with: Arundhati Roy
  • Ever Since We Small by Celeste Mohammed review – a big-hearted Caribbean tale
  • Discover Australia’s top 50 children’s picture books as nominated by Guardian readers
  • Confessions of a Shopaholic novelist Sophie Kinsella dies aged 55
  • The BFG review – RSC’s big friendly mishmash lacks Matilda’s confidence
  • Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – fear and loathing in New York
  • Silent Sherlock: Three Classic Cases review – on the hunt with Holmes in restored 1920s mysteries
  • Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today by Naomi Alderman review – how to navigate the information crisis
  • Dracapella review – power ballads and beatboxing as ghoulish comedy gets down for the count
  • Margot Robbie in red latex, Kate Bush impersonators and a pint of Emily ale: my crash course in Brontëmania
  • Faith Evans obituary
  • American Canto by Olivia Nuzzi review – insufferable filler that sidesteps the real issues
  • Preparation for the Next Life review – deeply felt story of love among the marginalised in New York
  • It Girl by Marisa Meltzer review – how Jane Birkin became an icon
  • On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review – how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting
  • John Lucas obituary
  • The Dead of Winter by Sarah Clegg audiobook review – haunting Christmas tales

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