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February 24, 2020
Shorties (An Excerpt from Hilary Mantel's New Novel, The 25th Anniversary of PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love Album, and more)
Authors and actors discussed their favorite Hilary Mantel books at the Guardian.
The Guardian also profiled Mantel.
Read an excerpt from Mantel's new novel The Mirror and the Light.
The Quietus reconsidered PJ Harvey's album To Bring You My Love on its 25th anniversary.
Paste recommended the week's best new music.
Adam Levin discussed his story in this week's issue with the New Yorker.
SPIN listed Lee Ranaldo's best albums.
Allison Pataki recommended six books with strong female voices at The Week.
Paste interviewed Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino.
Experts discussed who should choose appropriate books for prisons at NPR Books.
CNN and Zebra profiled the Drive-By Truckers.
Lee Matalone recommended books about the anxiety of settling down at Electric Literature.
Stream a new Allie X song (that features Mitski).
Remezcla recommended books that celebrate Afro-Latinos.
Stereogum reconsidered Yo La Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out album on its 20th anniversary.
Essence recommended books that celebrate being black and proud.
American Songwriter shared a 2000 interview with Lou Reed.
The Nebula Award finalists were announced.
Stream a new song by Perlee.
Electric Literature shared an excerpt from Hilary Leichter's impressive novel Temporary.
The New York Times shared a defining playlist for NYC's Lower East Side neighborhood.
WWNO interviewed authors Lauren Groff and Amy Bonnaffons.
Jenny Lewis played a Tiny Desk Concert.
The Inflection Point podcast interviewed author and actress Amber Tamblyn.
Stereogum reconsidered Air's score for The Virgin Suicides on the album's 20th anniversary.
Salon profiled musician and composer Danny Elfman.
CarolineLeavittville interviewed author Clare Beams.
The Creative Independent interviewed Caribou's Dan Snaith.
The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed author Wendy Heard.
BOMB interviewed author Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.
CarolineLeavittville interviewed author Kathleen Donohoe.
Vanessa Hua talked books and reading with BookMarks.
Writers remembered Charles Portis at the Oxford American.
Full Stop interviewed author Helen Philips.
Boricua Reads previewed spring's books by Latinx authors.
The Millions interviewed author Jaquira Díaz.
Amina Cain listed female mystics in literature at Electric Literature.
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)
Flash Dancers (authors pair original flash fiction with a song
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
