Lena Dunham writes memoir, essays and screen-related prose about work, sex, relationships, body image and the awkwardness of early adulthood. Not That Kind of Girl collects autobiographical essays on childhood, college, health, friendship and sexual experience in a deliberately candid and self-conscious voice. Her written work is closely associated with the same observational, confessional style found in her television writing, though the book is structured as separate pieces rather than a continuous memoir. Dunham's prose is conversational, comic and often uncomfortable by design. Her work fits celebrity memoir, personal essays and contemporary writing about gender, creativity and young adulthood. Not That Kind of Girl is the main book-length entry point. Not That Kind of Girl is the main book-length introduction to Dunham's prose and should be approached as a collection of personal essays rather than a chronological autobiography; its subjects and voice overlap substantially with her wider screen and magazine work. Read more Less
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