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May 6, 2019
Shorties (Liz Phair's Forthcoming Memoir, An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Comic, and more)
Liz Phair's memoir Horror Stories will be published in October.
Popmatters reviewed the new comic Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis?.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories by Harlan Ellison
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Pitchfork interviewed singer-songwriter Bill Callahan.
Good Housekeeping recommended the best books of 2019 (so far).
L7's Donita Sparks discussed the band's new album Scatter the Rats with Weekend Edition.
The Dallas News profiled authors Elizabeth McCracken and Edward Carey.
Stereogum reconsidered St. Vincent's Actor album on its 10th anniversary.
Joyce Carol Oates reviewed Ted Chiang's new story collection, , at the New Yorker.
Like such eclectic predecessors as Philip K. Dick, James Tiptree, Jr., Jorge Luis Borges, Ursula K. Le Guin, Margaret Atwood, Haruki Murakami, China Miéville, and Kazuo Ishiguro, Chiang has explored conventional tropes of science fiction in highly unconventional ways.
Stream a new Sebadoh song.
Lauren Groff talked to the https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/lauren-groff-05-13-19 about her story in this week's issue.
Thou played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Electric Literature recommended books by queer Asian-American authors.
NYCTaper shared a recording of a recent Mountain Goats performance.
Big Other interviewed author Eugene Lim.
Adult Swim is streaming a new metal compilation.
Ottessa Moshfegh discussed her favorite things at ArtForum.
Stream a new Holy Ghost! song.
The Lily shared a conversation between authors Amy Tan and Celeste Ng.
The Quietus recapped April's best albums.
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
