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March 27, 2020
Shorties (How Pitchfork's 10.0 Review of Radiohead's Kid A Changed Music Criticism, Remembering Flannery O'Connor, and more)
Georgia Public Radio remembered Flannery O'Connor on her 95th birthday.
Billboard examined the effect Pitchfork's 10.0 review of Radiohead's Kid A album had on music criticism.
eBooks free today:
several titles at Verso Books (through April 2nd)
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Cluster by Piers Anthony
Those Who Wander: America’s Lost Street Kids by Vivian Ho
NPR Music is keeping a calendar of online live virtual concerts.
InStyle recommended books to read in your 20s.
El-P talked to Pitchfork about the music that has influenced him over his lifetime.
Vulture recommended books with lonely protagonists.
Nine Inch Nails shared two free albums of instrumental music.
Entertainment Weekly profiled author Andrea Lawlor.
Paste profiled Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield.
Bookworm interviewed author Rebecca Solnit.
Stream new music by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.
Celeste Ng recommended the books she's reading at Salon.
Neil Young shared another "fireside session."
Writer AN Devers discussed bookselling at The Stylist.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed guitarist William Tyler.
Electric Literature interviewed poet Natalie Diaz.
Stream a new song by Disheveled Cuss.
The New York Times recommended the week's best books.
The Memories and Colleen Green covered Ace of Base's "The Sign."
The Reading Women podcast interviewed author Emily St. John Mandel.
Stream a new Braids song.
The New York Times recommended cookbooks that comfort.
Stream a new song by Ladybug Transistor’s Gary Olson.
The Maris Review podcast interviewed author Quan Barry.
Stream a new song by Trace Mountains.
3:AM shared an excerpt from Lee Rourke’s new book Vantablack.
Stream a new Bob Dylan song.
Elizabeth Gilbert talked books and reading with the Guardian.
Reading Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet as a teenager was a thrilling and soul-shaping experience. He offers a dizzying mix of encouragement, faith and challenge – making me think I wasn’t completely delusional to want to live a creative life.
Alicia Keys discussed her book More Myself with Morning Edition.
Russia Beyond recommended Russian post-apocalyptic fiction.
Gorilla Vs. Bear recommended the week's best new albums.
PAPER and Vanity Fair recommended books to read during quarantine.
Stream a new song by Hamilton Leithauser.
Granta shared an excerpt from Madeline Bunting's debut novel Island Song.
Singer-songwriter Will Oldham and author Max Porter are collaborating on a book.
TIME recommended virtual book clubs.
The Coil shared an excerpt from Beth Lisick's debut novel Edie on the Green Screen.
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
