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January 31, 2020
Shorties (The Value of Rereading Books, Connections Between Wire and the Beatles, and more)
Michael Dirda considered the value of rereading at the Washington Post.
The Quietus examined the connections between Wire and the Beatles.
Largehearted Boy's list of "best books of 2019" lists has collected 1,430 year-end lists so far.
Largehearted Boy's list of essential and interesting year-end "best of 2019" music lists.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
How Music Works by David Byrne
A Time to Love and a Time to Die by Erich Maria Remarque
Tori Amos: Piece by Piece by Tori Amos and Ann Powers
The Irish Times recommended 2020 books by independent publishers.
Paste recapped January's best albums.
Big Other listed the most anticipated small press books of 2020.
Laurie Anderson talked books and reading with the New York Times.
The New York Times recommended the week's best books.
SPIN listed the best breakup songs.
Book Riot recommended 2020's best debut novels.
The Chicago Reader listed the best Chicago albums of the 2010s.
Literary Hub recommended Colombian novels.
Forbes profiled Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed new A.A. Knopf editor Reagan Arthur.
The Greenville Journal profiled singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg.
“I’m a very fortunate fellow to be 61 years old and able to play music and have people show up, and never have had any hit songs,” Ringenberg says.
Paul Yoon recommended novels that take place over two days at Literary Hub.
Stream a new Matt Pond PA song.
Garth Greenwell discussed his novel Cleanness with Bookworm.
Stream a new Greg Dulli song.
The Rumpus interviewed author Beth Alvarado.
Stream a new Braids song.
Read an essay on publishing by Wendy C. Ortiz.
Lit Reactor interviewed author Paul Tremblay.
The Rumpus shared new Ilana Masad fiction.
The Ringer interviewed author Charles Yu.
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
