Largehearted Boy: Shorties (The 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Shortlist, Jenny Lewis on Her New Signature Wine, and more)

April 15, 2015

The shortlist for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award has been named:

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Horses of God by Mahi Binebine
Harvest by Jim Crace
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
K by Bernardo Kucinski
Brief Loves That Live Forever by Andreï Makine
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Someone by Alice McDermott
Sparta by Roxana Robinson

Jenny Lewis talked music and her new signature wine with Los Angeles Magazine and Elle.

The Nervous Breakdown shared an excerpt from Andre Alexis's new novel Fifteen Dogs.

The Comics Journal interviewed cartoonist Miss Lasko-Gross.

Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste talked to The Standard about the band's forthcoming album.

Paste interviewed John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats about the band's new wrestling-themed album Beat the Champ.

The band's drummer Jon Wurster talked to CityBeat and the Pittsburgh CityPaper.

Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Sara Lippman.

The Rumpus interviewed author Christian Kiefer.

Stream a new Desaparecidos song.

Drowned in Sound interviewed members of the band The Vaccines.

Tin House interviewed author Cari Luna.

The Record interviewed singer-songwriter Jose Gonzales.

David Vann talked to the National Post about the popularity of his books in japan.

Stream a new Kathryn Williams song from her new album Hypoxia, inspired by Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar.

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