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February 18, 2020
Shorties (R.I.P., Author Charles Portis, New Music from Anna Calvi, and more)
R.I.P., author Charles Portis.
Stream a new Anna Calvi song that features Charlotte Gainsbourg.
eBook on sale for $1.99 today:
The Collector's Apprentice by B.A. Shapiro
Stream a new Waxahatchee song.
Hannah Rothschild recommended books of British satire at Literary Hub.
Stream a new song by Greg Dulli.
BuzzFeed and Literary Hub featured new essays by Brandon Taylor.
Aquarium Drunkard found some interesting music at Bandcamp.
Book Riot recommended books about anti-Mexican violence along the Mexico-Texas border.
Stream a new song by Nap Eyes.
National Geographic UK remembered author Jack London.
The Fiery Furnaces may be teasing a reunion.
The New York Times shared an excerpt from Julian Barnes ' new novel The Man in the Red Coat.
Stream a new King Krule song.
Joan Frank recommended short novels at BookMarks.
Veronica Esposito share an essay about misgendered childhood at Literary Hub.
The New York Times showcased three of 2020's addiction memoirs.
Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan discussed her new concept album, Lost Girls, with All Things Considered.
I've always loved artists like David Bowie and Kate Bush — wild, imaginative people that take on roles and use theater and costume and film to explore sub-personalities. So Nikki was my LA girl, the vampire version of me that did all the daring wonderful things and met up with this gang of bike-riding lost girls that have great earrings and great leather jackets. I was living in Highland Park and very inspired by all of the Mexican families there. The culture, again, reminded me of Pakistan: all of the families, all the kids eating together, and the music and the fashion. I felt immersed in all that, too. So Nikki came out of all of those things.
Black feminist literary scholars discussed the work of Toni Morrison at Ms. Magazine.
Brendan Benson discussed his forthcoming album with American Songwriter.
The Conversation examined how psychology has labeled science fiction over the years.
BOMB shared an excerpt from Daniel Kehlmann's new novel Tyll.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author David James Keaton.
Jenn Shapland talked about her book My Autobiography of Carson McCullers with Bookforum.
It tells my own love story, falling in love with my partner, Chelsea, which coincided with the research and writing of the book (we met in the archive where I found Carson’s love letters from Annemarie). It’s also about my own “love story” with Carson. I think my love for Carson as a writer and a person betrays itself in my obsession with getting her story right. I’m trying to understand her and make others understand her as I see her; it’s a kind of love that is possessive.
The New York Review of Books shared Lauren Groff's introduction to Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore.
Ploughshares talked climate change and art with Groff.
The Quietus reconsidered John Zorn's Naked City album 30 years after its release.
The Outline makes a case for why we should all read more Jenny Diski.
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
