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March 26, 2020
Shorties (Dennis Lehane on Elmore Leonard's Novel Get Shorty, Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield on Her New Album, and more)
Dennis Lehane reconsidered Elmore Leonard's novel Get Shorty on its 30th anniversary at the Guardian.
DIY profiled Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield.
“I’ve always loved Lucinda Williams, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris,” she continues, reeling off the holy trinity of Americana whose influence hangs heavy over the record. “Coming from the South and growing up on country music, it was really formative for me, but when I look back on my earlier records now, I was fighting with my own tendencies all the time. I was this punk who was into indie music, and I was stopping myself from singing a certain way or leaning into certain melodies, even though that was what came naturally to me. Now I’m older, and I’m more mature, and I just feel more secure in my interests and influences. I realised I’d been suppressing these instincts in the past because I wasn’t sure if they were cool, or if they suited me. They really do, though.”
i-D also profiled Crutchfield.
eBooks free today:
several titles at Verso Books (through April 2nd)
NPR Music is keeping a calendar of online live virtual concerts.
BookPage interviewed author Emily St. John Mandel.
The A.V. Club reconsidered Serge Gainsbourg's Historie de Melodie Nelson album.
The 2020 Whiting Awards have been announced.
Congratulations to Largehearted Boy contributor Ling Ma.
Stream a new Dream Syndicate song.
Paste recapped March's best books.
Steve Earle discussed his new album with SPIN.
KSMU recommended books to read during a pandemic.
Jason Isbell covered the Drive-By Truckers' "Heathens."
The Guardian recommended books to help survive a crisis.
Stream two new Deerhoof songs.
Town & Country listed spring's best books.
Stream a new song by I Break Horses.
Dani Shapiro discussed DNA testing on PBS NewsHour.
Stream a new song by Lingua Ignota.
Authors shared their crisis reading at The Strategist.
Stream a new song by Carey Mercer's new band Soft Plastics.
Literary Hub listed the week's best books.
Stream a new Joan Shelley song.
Bitch Media recommended March books for feminists.
Stream a new Craig Finn song.
Eater recommended spring's best cookbooks.
Aquarium Drunkard shared a playlist of healing music.
Sara Baume discussed her new book Handiwork and played DJ at RTE.
The Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast interviewed authors Rigoberto González and Deb Olin Unferth.
The New York Times previewed April's best books.
Emily Nemens discussed her novel The Cactus League at https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/emily-nemens-interview/.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed literary agent Monika Woods.
Sharma Shields has an essay at the New York Times.
Paper recommended books to read in quarantine.
Lorrie Moore talked books and reading with the New York Times.
"I hate to read anything that does not sound clear, beautiful and alive."
The Internet Archive has formed the National Emergency Library to offer free digitized books to students and the public.
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
