Largehearted Boy: Shorties (Clarence Clemons, Mark Strand, and more)

June 30, 2011

Rolling Stone shares Bruce Springsteen's eulogy for Clarence Clemons.

Poet Mark Strand talks to Tablet about giving up poetry and making visual art instead.

Brain Pickings lists seven platforms changing the future of publishing.

Jarvis Cocker talks about songwriting and publishing his forthcoming book, Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics (out in October).

Nick Lowe talks to Pop & Hiss about covering Buddy Holly, Wilco covering him, and more.

The Daily Blam! offers an excerpt from Ludovic Debeurme's new graphic novel, Lucille.

Bookworm interviews author Geoff Dyer.

Vulture interviews Lou Reed about working with Metallica and his new illustrated book of Edgar Allan Poe-inspired poems, The Raven.

FACT lists the best albums of 2011's second quarter.

Bookforum examines the history of the bestseller list.

Nick McCabe talks to Drowned in Sound about his new band The Black Ships, which contains members of Portishead, Goldfrapp and The Verve.

The Book Lady's Blog interviews Adam Ross about his new short story collection, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Deceptive Cadence profiles Bernard Herrmann on what would have been the film score composer's 100th birthday.

Creative Type shares a list of 10 novels with fireworks for fourth of July reading.

At the New Yorker, Ben Greenman recommends campaign music for the U.S. Republican presidential candidates.

Interview interviews author Simon Van Booy.

The Quietus lists its albums of the year so far.

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