{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65ca1f85ba960800160f0a23/68db98e86d92c33f9c2e8252?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A History of Kristen Pfaff with Dr Guy Mankowski","description":"<p>In this episode of The Neo Historian we are joined by Dr Guy Mankowski to talk about a history of&nbsp;Kristen Pfaff.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Kristen Pfaff was an American musician best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Hole and the noise rock band Janitor Joe.&nbsp;She was also a backing vocalist for Janitor Joe and contributed to Hole's critically acclaimed 1994 album,&nbsp;<em>Live Through This</em>.&nbsp;Pfaff died in 1994 at the age of 27 from a heroin overdose, just two months after her close friend Kurt Cobain's suicide.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Guy speaks with us in this episode about Kristen Pfaff's family life, her feminist activism,&nbsp;life in Hole, how she reacted to the death of her friend Kurt Cobain, just six weeks before&nbsp;her own&nbsp;death and how she is remembered today.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>I know How to Live: The Life of Kristen Pfaff by Dr Guy Mankowski</em></strong></p><p>With access to her audio diaries, personal notebooks and other archives Guy Mankowski has written a biography of Kristen Pfaff, with the close co-operation of her brother Jason Pfaff and other people who knew Pfaff well.&nbsp;The resulting project title 'I Know How To Live Well' is now a very popular Substack where subscribers can access the biography of the iconic bassist through various mediums.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dr. Guy Mankowski</strong>&nbsp;is a writer and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Lincoln School of Creative Arts. His research interests include music writing, particularly depictions of post-punk and subculture. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority.</p><p><br></p><p>Read the book on Substack:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/3y3n6vv6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>'I Know How To Live': The Life of Kristen Pfaff&nbsp;</strong></a></p><p>Dr Guy Mankowski:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/559nhanf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Lincoln</strong></a></p><p>Follow Guy on:<strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/45nzeu7r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Instagram</strong></a></p><p>Guy's Ted Talk:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/mvxj8ve4\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></p><p>Guy's First Appearance on the Podcast:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2p667c76\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A History of England's Pop Rebels and Outsiders</strong></a></p><p>Episode #5:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/mpc5b8yn\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A History of Grunge with Mark Yarm</strong></a></p><p>No Treble:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/ys6kuvzj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wonder Women: “I Know How To Live:” The Life of Kristen Pfaff</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/t7zh5sue\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Hit So Hard: A Memoir</em></strong></a>&nbsp;by Patty Schemel</p><p><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2nuvc384\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain</em></strong></a>&nbsp;by Charles R. Cross</p><p><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/bdf93scy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge</em></strong></a>&nbsp;by Mark Yarm</p><p><a href=\"https://tinyurl.com/bde4uarb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Perfume: The Story of a Murderer</em></strong></a>&nbsp;by Patrick Süskind</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theneohistorian.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.theneohistorian.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Saleema Adu Smith"}