136 pages, 5 x 8
Hardcover
Release Date:04 Mar 2025
ISBN:9781477330876
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Why Alanis Morissette Matters

University of Texas Press
The first critical biography of iconic musician Alanis Morissette, creator of Jagged Little Pill.
I love this book! As insightful, provocative, and tenderly biting as its subject matter. Alanis forever. Andrea Warner, author of We Oughta Know: How Céline, Shania, Alanis, and Sarah Ruled the '90s and Changed Music
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Silence That Petrifies
  • 2. To Remind You
  • 3. For Your Own Damn Good
  • 4. Chicken Shit
  • 5. All the Information
  • 6. Believe in Something
  • 7. When the Smoke Clears
  • 8. Best Friend with Benefits
  • 9. Losing Weight Again
  • 10. Yeah, I Really Do Think
  • 11. If the Wound Is Not Mine
  • 12. No Amount of My Insistence
  • 13. Without Permission
  • Works Consulted
  • Acknowledgments
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