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February 14, 2020
Shorties (Cheryl Strayed on Books & Reading, The Best Emo Songs of All Time, and more)
Cheryl Strayed talked books and reading with the New York Times.
Vulture listed the best emo songs of all time.
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Rolling Stone shared an oral history of Black Sabbath's eponymous debut album, released 50 years ago.
Samantha Hunt talked to the Atlantic about her story in the magazine's March issue.
I love to think about precision of language. I grew up with a fantastic bunch of poets by my side. While economy with words is still very important to me in my novels, it is, of course, even more so in my short stories.
Stream a new Six Organs of Admittance song.
The Independent listed the greatest love stories in literature.
Stream Billie Eilish's James Bond theme song.
Newsweek recommended spring's best books.
Stella Donnelly covered John Paul Young’s “Love Is In The Air."
Bookworm interviewed author Tobias Wolff.
Stream a new Hilary Woods song.
The New York Times shared a new poem by Ha Jin.
Stream a new song by Eerie Gaits (John Ross of Wild Pink).
Mental Floss recommended books by African-American writers.
Stream a new Trace Mountains song.
The Rumpus interviewed poet Andrew Weatherhead.
Laura Stevenson played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Nick Hornby on the new adaptation of High Fidelity.
Stream a new Laura Veirs song.
CrimeReads featured a conversation between authors Steph Post and Alex Segura.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Nicolette Polek.
Aravind Adiga talked books and reading with the Guardian.
Stream a new song by PINS.
The Rumpus interviewed author Jenny Odell.
Electric Literature recommended books about black Appalachia.
Granta shared a new short story by Carmen Maria Machado.
Vivian Gornick recommended books at BookMarks.
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
