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February 26, 2020
Shorties (An Interview with Laszlo Krasznahorkai, New Music from Throwing Muses, and more)
Louisiana.dk interviewed author Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
Stream a new song by Throwing Muses.
Lizzo shared her love for Ella Fitzgerald at The Current.
PEN America interviewed author Brandon Taylor.
Paste profiled Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison.
Paste shared an excerpt from Dennis E. Staples' debut novel This Town Sleeps.
Stream a new Perfume Genius song.
Candice Carty-Williams recommended the best books by black women at O: The Oprah Magazine.
Stream a new solo song from Melvins' Buzz Osborne.
The shortlist for the 2020 Rathbones Folio prize, which rewards "the best work of literature of the year, regardless of form," has been announced:
Guest House for Young Widows by Azadeh Moaveni
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
Vertigo & Ghost by Fiona Benson
Victory by James Lasdun
On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming
Constellations by Sinéad Gleeson
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
The Rolling Stone Now podcast discussed the best live albums of all time.
Cultured Vultures recommended the best soccer books of the 21st century.
Stream a new Alice Bag song.
Cathy Park Hong discussed her book Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning with Salon.
I am a poet, and race has always been on my mind — this is not a new subject for me — and I have always been uncomfortable about writing directly addressing Asian American identity. I felt uncomfortable because I wasn't really sure how to address the racial identity that is both very monolithic and flattened by American culture, and also so tenuous and undefinable. And I thought the only way I could do it was to just sit in that discomfort and write through that discomfort.
Stream a new song by Why Bonnie.
The New York Times profiled author Hilary Mantel.
Stream a new Magnetic Fields song.
Bustle recommended books that contextualize the Harvey Weinstein verdict.
Stream a new Land of Talk song.
The New Yorker profiled cookbook author Samin Nosrat.
Stream a new song by Kelly Lee Owens.
Book Riot recommended must-read black memoirs.
Stream a new Half Waif song.
Literary Hub recommended the week's best new books.
Michele Filgate talked anthologies with Crystal-Lee Quibell.
The Millions interviewed author Julia Alvarez.
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
