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February 17, 2020
Shorties (Three Interviews with Jenny Offill, The Best Breakup Songs, and more)
The Paris Review, Shondaland and Vulture interviewed author Jenny Offill.
The Ringer and SPIN listed the greatest breakup songs.
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
The Black Presidency by Michael Eric Dyson
Laura Stevenson played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Jared Reinmuth discussed his graphic novel Big Black: Stand at Attica with the New York Times.
Stream a new song by Habibi.
Off the Shelf recommended impactful books for Black History Month.
Maura Johnston discussed Scritti Politti at Morning Edition.
The New York Public Library recommended 125 books from the past 125 years.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer's song "Karn Evil 9" is being adapted into a film.
PopSugar recommended 2020's best true crime books.
Desire covered New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle."
Ta-Nehisi Coates talked Toni Morrison with artist Calida Rawles at W Magazine.
Gorilla Vs. Bear recommended the week's best albums.
Financial Times profiled Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk.
I ask Tokarczuk if she considers herself a political author. “Whether I like it or not, I am, especially in Poland,” she replies. “The views I have, the books I write, are read as political, or even as manifestos. In today’s world everything is political. We are a statement — our clothes, haircut, the way we act. I think 40 or 50 years ago, being political meant belonging to a political party. Today life itself is political.”
Stereogum reconsidered the Cure's Bloodflowers album on its 20th anniversary.
Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy is being adapted into a ballet.
Stream a new Gang of Four song.
LitReactor interviewed Chuck Palahniuk.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree.
Erik Larson discussed his favorite books at The Week.
Stream a new Forever song.
Literary Hub shared Michelle Chihara's contribution to the anthology Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing by Joan Didion’s Light.
Kim Gordon discussed her art with BOMB.
Vikram Paralkar discussed his debut novel Night Theater with The Rumpus.
The Los Angeles Times recommended authors of Korean thrillers.
Book Rot listed the best musicals adapted from books.
Bryan Washington discussed his forthcoming debut novel Memorial with Entertainment Weekly.
Mel Magazine interviewed author Brandon Taylor.
Colum McCann discussed his new novel Apeirogon with the New York Times.
PEN America interviewed author Paul Yoon.
Vanity Fair examined Virginia Woolf's influence on fashion.
Stream a new song by Lake Ruth.
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan covered David Bowie's "Starman."
Aquarium Drunkard shared a guide to the music of Carla Bley.
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
