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April 30, 2019
Shorties (The 2019 Women's Prize Shortlist, A Beach House Concert Film, and more)
The 2019 Women's Prize shortlist has been announced:
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Milkman by Anna Burns
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Circe by Madeline Miller
Stream a Beach House concert film.
eBook on sale for 99 cents today:
The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band by Michelle Gonzales
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
The Current shared a recent performance by Jenny Lewis.
The Oxford American features a new essay by C. Morgan Babst.
All Songs Considered recapped April's best albums.
Paste recommended poetry audiobooks.
Toro y Moi played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Myla Goldberg discussed her new novel Feast Your Eyes with All Things Considered.
Stream two new Thom Yorke songs.
ELLE listed the best books of 2019 (so far).
The 405 and Stereoboard interviewed John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.
Harper's Bazaar recommended Irish writers you should be reading.
Consequence of Sound recommended summer music festivals.
The Guardian interviewed author Namwali Serpell.
PopMatters interviewed EELS frontman Mark Oliver Everett.
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s novel Call Me Zebra has been awarded the 2019 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.
Stream a new Black Midi song.
Elizabeth Hand talked punk and writing at This Is Horror.
NPR Music recapped April's best song.
The Coil interviewed author Heather Abel.
Nolan Gasser discussed his book Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste with All Things Considered.
Stream a new song by Dumb.
Stream a new Bill Baird song.
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
