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March 16, 2020
Shorties (Lawrence Wright on Writing His Pandemic Novel, R.I.P. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and more)
Lawrence Wright shared an essay about writing his pandemic novel The End of October at the New York Times.
It felt a little creepy to have imagined an awful future that went on to become an even more awful reality. Now, as I read the papers and watch the news, I have that same unsettled sensation of revisiting scenes that I have already written.
R.I.P., Genesis Breyer P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle.
All 18 hours of Ken Burns' Baseball documentary is available to stream for free at the PBS website.
SPIN and The Current recommended music films to binge-watch.
The National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced.
Stream a new Psychedelic Furs song.
Paul Lisicky discussed his book Later with the New York Times.
I can’t write any memoir without envisioning that “I” as a constructed thing. My education was as a fiction writer, and I started writing fiction because I wanted to escape myself, I wanted to be someone else. I started writing nonfiction when it became clear to me that that voice is also a made thing, and in some way it has some correlation to the narrator in fiction. The “I” of one book should be a different “I” than in another book.
Stream a new Laura Stevenson song.
Jezebel recommended books to pack for a pandemic.
Jason Isbell covered John Prine’s ‘Hello in There’ .
Kate Elizabeth Russell discussed her novel My Dark Vanessa with the Guardian.
Soccer Mommy visited World Cafe for an interview and live performance.
Vox shared a new essay by Myriam Gurba.
Kurt Vile covered Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Stranger Than Kindness."
Sports Illustrated recommended books about football.
BrooklynVegan recommended the week's best new albums.
Gene Luen Yang discussed his graphic novel Dragon Hoops with the San Francisco Chronicle.
Stream a new Rufus Wainwright song.
The Berkshire Edge interviewed author Sue Miller, novelist Patricia Park, and literary magazine editor Dayna Tortorici.
Dave Haslam talked to The Quietus about his book Searching For Love: Courtney Love in Liverpool, 1982.
StepFeed recommended female Arab poets.
Musicians talked to VICE about how Coronavirus is affecting them.
Expats.cz recommended novels set in Prague.
Sean Michaels discussed his novel The Wagers with BOMB.
Roxana Robinson discussed her novel Dawson's Fall with CarolineLeavittville.
Pitchfork examined Coronavirus's impact on record stores.
The Los Angeles Review of Books shared a story from Mary South's collection You Will Never Be Forgotten.
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
