Women Who Rock: Music Memoirs and Biographies

A fierce­ly hon­est, no-holds-barred mem­oir of the leg­endary jazz, swing, and stan­dards-singing sen­sa­tion – a fifti­eth-anniver­sary edi­tion updat­ed with stun­ning new pho­tos, a revised discog­ra­phy, and an insight­ful fore­word by music writer David Ritz.

Explores the rise and fall of this pop­u­lar trio based on rec­ol­lec­tions from friends, fam­i­ly, and Motown con­tem­po­raries who were there when their songs were made, their hits climbed the charts, and their group fad­ed away into his­to­ry due to per­son­al issues and pro­fes­sion­al strife.

Singer-song­writer Pat­ti Smith shares tales of New York City and her new life in Brook­lyn with a young man named Robert Map­plethor­pe – the man who changed her life with his love, friend­ship, and genius.

The singer of such 1980s hits as ​“Heart­break­er” and ​“Love Is a Bat­tle­field” dis­cuss­es her rock ​‘n’ roll life – includ­ing con­cert tours, MTV videos, and ador­ing fans – and how she avoid­ed the pit­falls of fame.

The famous singer reveals her body image inse­cu­ri­ties and strug­gles with food and rela­tion­ships that have plagued her since child­hood, and sheds light on her career, per­son­al life, and famous family.

The Gram­my Award-win­ning Amer­i­can soul and gospel singer and moth­er of Whit­ney Hous­ton reflects on her daugh­ter’s life, the events that led up to her death and the after­math of a sense­less tragedy.

A found­ing mem­ber of Son­ic Youth, fash­ion icon and role mod­el for a gen­er­a­tion of women, now tells her sto­ry — a mem­oir of life as an artist, of music, mar­riage, moth­er­hood, inde­pen­dence and as one of the first women of rock and roll.

The gui­tarist and vocal­ist of fem­i­nist punk trio Sleater-Kin­ney presents a can­did and deeply per­son­al assess­ment of life in the rock-and-roll indus­try, reveal­ing her strug­gles with rock­’s dou­ble standards.

The trans­gen­der advo­cate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! describes her intense­ly per­son­al strug­gles with iden­ti­ty and addic­tion through jour­nal entries that date back to her childhood.

Trac­ing the arc of Mary J. Blige’s career through the crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed 2014 album, The Lon­don Ses­sions, this is a look at the music and cul­tur­al impact of one of the most impor­tant artists in pop music history.