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November 12, 2019
Shorties (The 2020 International Dublin Literary Award Longlist, New Music from Wolf Parade, and more)
The 2020 International Dublin Literary Award longlist has been announced.
Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes contributors Anuradha Roy, Tayari Jones, Claire Fuller, Trent Dalton, Jordy Rosenberg, Willy Vlautin, Dara Horn, Ahmed Saadawi, Patrick deWitt, Akwaeki Emezi, Amitava Kumar, Gina Apostol, Edward Carey, Jonathan Coe, Oyinkan Brathwaite, Ottessa Moshfegh, Stephen Markley, Caoilinn Hughes, Simon Mawer, Ling Ma, Gael Faye, Benedict Wells, Rebecca Makkai, Rebecca Kauffman, Sarah Henstra, Craig Davidson, Christina Balcher, Brandon Hobson, and MiriamToews.
Stream a new Wolf Parade song.
Largehearted Boy's list of "best books of 2019" lists has collected 157 year-end lists so far.
Stream several covers from a Mose Allison tribute album.
Lindy West discussed her new essay collection The Witches Are Coming with Morning Edition and Omnivoracious.
Paste listed the best indie rock albums of the 2010s.
Cultured Vultures listed the best graphic novels of the 2010s.
PopMatters profiled Ariel Pink.
Den of Geek listed Stephen King's best supernatural villains.
Joan Shelley and her band told BrooklynVegan what they’re listening to on tour.
Town and Country recommended November's best books.
Stream a new Varsity song.
The New Yorker features a new Michael Chabon essay.
Bandcamp shared a guide to Will Oldham's personas.
Mesha Maren talked to the Iowa City Press-Citizen about publishing fiction without an MFA.
Entropy shared an excerpt from Leland Cheuk's novel No Good Very Bad Asian.
Face 2 Face interviewed Cheuk.
Weike Wang talked to the New Yorker about her story in this week's issue.
Helen Phillips discussed a story in her new collection with the Chicago Review of Books.
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
