jessica hopper

Respect: Jessica Hopper’s ‘Women Who Rock’ Series

Respect: Jessica Hopper’s ‘Women Who Rock’ Series

It’s electrifying to watch Nona Hendryx wax poetic about Chaka Khan and Khan praise Mavis Staples and so on in Jessica Hopper’s essential series, Women Who Rock.

Just Keep Writhing Jessica Hopper

Just Keep Writhing Jessica Hopper

Music critic Jessica Hopper is revivified by high stakes for the second coming of The First Collection.

Jessica Hopper’s ‘Night Moves’: Prose Poetry for the Punk Rock Masses

Jessica Hopper’s ‘Night Moves’: Prose Poetry for the Punk Rock Masses

Jessica Hopper's Night Moves is a dozen thorny roses for the city that keeps blowing its windy-ness beneath her darkly comic wings.

10 Conversation-Shifting Contemporary Books About Music

10 Conversation-Shifting Contemporary Books About Music

These are multiple works of genre history and works tackling important issues of race, class, and gender. All challenge dominant narratives of music.

Music Writer Jessica Hopper on Her New Anthology and the Role of Women in Music Culture

Music Writer Jessica Hopper on Her New Anthology and the Role of Women in Music Culture

The Rookie andThe Pitchfork Review editor talks about her latest collection of writings, spanning over a decade.