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March 29, 2019
Shorties (An Excerpt from Namwali Serpell's Debut Novel, A Reconsideration of Mogwai's Come On Die Young Album, and more)
The Cut interviewed Namwali Serpell about her debut novel The Old Drift.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from the book.
Stereogum reconsidered Mogwai's Come On Die Young album on its 20th anniversary.
eBook on sale for $1.99 today:
Selected Short Stories by William Faulkner
Lance Scott Walker discussed his book Houston Rap Tapes with The Los Angeles Review of Books.
The Creative Independent interviewed author Leanne Shapton.
NPR Music is streaming Weyes Blood's new album, Titanic Rising.
Epiphany interviewed author Tommy Orange.
Stream a new song by Loma.
The New York Review of Books reviewed three novels by Ingmar Bergman.
NPR Music is streaming the Drums' new album, Brutalism.
Marie Claire recommended memoirs by women.
Paste profiled singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin.
Grub Street shared recipes from spring's best cookbooks.
Richard Powers talked books and reading with the New York Times.
SPIN shared a guide to Spiral Stairs' Pavement songs.
Bookworm interviewed author Elizabeth McCracken.
Stream a new song by Sebadoh.
The New York Times profiled author Miriam Toews.
Stream a new Interpol song.
The Rumpus interviewed author Saskia Vogel.
The Ringer profiled singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. talked books and reading with the New York Times.
Stream John Vanderslice's new album, The Cedars, at The Fader.
Esquire UK recommended books about nature.
Premier Guitar profiled Cherry Glazerr's Clementine Creevy.
Book Riot recommended recently published literary biographies.
Stream a new Buzzy Lee song.
R.I.P., filmmaker Agnes Varda.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from John Corbett's book Pick Up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music.
Madeline Miller talked books and reading with the Guardian.
BookMarks recommended baseball books.
The Millions interviewed author Helen Oyeyemi.
Literary Hub recommended epistolary novel.
BOMB interviewed author Amy Hempel.
Bob Mould stopped by The Current for an interview and live performance.
Literary Hub recommended true crime books that are also experimemtal literature.
Stream a new Modest Mouse song.
City Pages ranked the solo albums of Jenny Lewis.
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous Shorties posts (daily news and links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (the week's best new comics and graphic novels)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
weekly music release lists
