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March 20, 2020
Shorties (Paul Lisicky on His New Memoir, New Music from the Mountain Goats, and more)
The Creative Independent and them. interviewed author Paul Lisicky.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Lisicky's new memoir Later.
Stream a new Mountain Goats song.
eBook on sale for $1.99 today:
Reimagining Equality by Anita Hill
Half Waif's Nandi Rose shared her pandemic isolation rituals at NPR Music.
William Gibson discussed his novel Agency with All Things Considered.
Gibson says when he started writing Agency, he saw it as a kind of Thelma and Louise story — in which an "app whisperer" named Verity absconds with a pair of eyeglasses containing a powerful new artificial intelligence named Eunice. While he was writing it, Gibson says, he assumed that Hillary Clinton would be elected president.
Paste recommended new British musical acts.
The Philly Voice recommended apocalyptic books and movies.
NPR Music shared tips for supporting musicians and out-of-work music industry workers during the pandemic.
Matthew Norman recommended books to make you laugh at Literary Hub.
Margaret Atwood and the Guardian recommended books to read if you are self-isolating.
Entertainment Weekly recommended comics to read while social-distancing.
Dirty Projectors covered John Lennon's "Isolation."
Bustle shared tips for hosting a digital book club.
American Songwriter interviewed singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard.
USA Today shared a spring reading guide.
Stream a new song by Paramore's Hayley Williams that features Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus.
The ArtsDesk interviewed filmmaker and cartoonist Marjane Satrapi.
Book Riot recommended horror fiction podcasts.
The New York Times shared a new comic by Kristen Radtke.
The 2020 Windham Campbell Prize winners have been announced.
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
