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Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

Sad about Pitchfork? Try one of these classic collections of music writing.

By Brittany Allen | April 23, 2024

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

“These records give me a language to decipher just how fucked I am.”

By Jessica Hopper | July 7, 2021

"Good criticism has integrity." Jessica Hopper on how to be a critic (and who's doing it right).

By Vanessa Willoughby | June 30, 2021

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: Memoir

Lit Hub's Fall 2018 Nonfiction Preview: Memoir

10 Memoirs to Look Forward to This Season

By Emily Temple | September 5, 2018

Van Morrison, Unlikeliest of Literary Muses

Van Morrison, Unlikeliest of Literary Muses

Astral Weeks">On the Outsize Influence of Astral Weeks

By Tobias Carroll | April 26, 2018

Classic Jessica Hopper:

Classic Jessica Hopper: "Emo Comes Off Like Rimbaud at the Food Court"

One of America's Great Rock Critics on a Half-Century of Sexist Rock n' Roll

By Jessica Hopper | May 22, 2017

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