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March 2, 2020
Shorties (Maira Kalman on Her Illustrations for the New Edition of The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, February's Best Songs, and more)
Maira Kalman discussed her illustrations for the new edition of Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas with the New York Times.
Gorilla Vs. Bear shared a playlist of February's best new songs.
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
The Guardian profiled musician Moses Sumney.
His songs actively defy classification, pushing the boundaries of soul, jazz and alt-rock, while maximising a bewitching voice. His debut album, 2017’s Aromanticism, an inquisitive reimagining of what lovelessness can mean, was hailed by critics as one of the year’s best; græ takes things further, offering up Sumney’s most immersive music yet.
Louise Erdreich talked to Weekend Edition about how her grandfather influenced her new novel The Night Watchman.
"His letters are beautiful, full of humor and storytelling. And he wrote them during this time when he was fighting termination and working as the night watchman. And what I think I absorbed was his sense of decency, and his commitment to his family and his people. It's hard to write about a decent person, you know. It is. It is hard."
The National's Matt Berninger covered Mercury Rev's "Holes."
Comic Book Resources recommended new graphic novels for Women's History Month.
Stream a new Lucinda Williams song.
James McBride discussed his new novel Deacon King Kong with Weekend Edition.
Junot Diaz reviewed the book at the New York Times.
The Quietus reviewed Uwe Schütte’s new book, Kraftwerk: Future Music From Germany.
The Oxford American shared a new poem by Nikky Finney.
Comic Book Resources recommended the March's's best comics.
The New Statesman profiled William Gibson.
Gibson has fans across the political spectrum, but he compares those to the right to “those Midwestern teenage boys who think that ‘Born in the USA’ is a patriotic anthem. They haven’t yet realised that Bruce is a big liberal. And when they do, they’re downcast. With my Twitter, I probably manage to do that to someone a few times a week.”
Tor.com listed March's genre-bending books.
Elisa Gabbert is the new poetry columnist for the New York Times.
TIME recommended March's most anticipated books.
Tara Westover discussed the success of her memoir Educated with Entertainment Weekly.
Poets Anastacia-Renée, JP Howard, t’ai freedom ford, and Safiya Sinclair participated in a roundtable discussion at Electric Literature.
Author Bryan Washington made bread pudding for the New Yorker.
Aspen Words shared a "reading list for a warming world."
Vol. 1 Brooklyn shared new short fiction by Nicholas Rombes.
Electric Literature interviewed author E.J. Koh.
The Guardian recommended historical novels beyond those of Hilary Mantel.
io9 interviewed author Jeff VanderMeer.
Book Riot recommended 10 Iraqi Books to read after watching the television series Baghdad Central.
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
