Authors: Alina Simone

You Must Go and Win: Essays (28 page)

Alina Simone is a critically acclaimed singer who was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, and now lives in Brooklyn. Her music has been covered in a wide range of media, including the BBC’s
The World
, NPR,
Spin
,
Billboard
,
The New Yorker
, and
The Wall Street Journal
. This is her first book. For more information about Simone, visit
www.alinasimone.com
.

Faber and Faber, Inc.
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eISBN 9781429968553

First eBook Edition : May 2011

First edition, 2011

Illustration on pages 66–67 by Ben Coonley. Illustrations on pages 111–18 by Vladimir Zimakov.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Simone, Alina, 1974–

You must go and win / Alina Simone.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-86547-915-9 (alk. paper)

1. Simone, Alina, 1974–2. Alternative rock musicians—United States—Biography. I. Title.

ML420.S5634A3 2011