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April 27, 2020
Shorties (An Interview with Emma Copley Eisenberg, Patterson Hood on Country Music, and more)
BOMB interviewed author Emma Copley Eisenberg.
Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers talked country music with Oregon Public Broadcasting.
eBook on sale for $1.99 today:
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan shared calendars of live online virtual concerts.
The Oxford American shared a new short story by Ben Fountain.
NPR Music shared a playlist of Lucinda Williams' best songs.
Bonnie Tsui discussed her book Why We Swim at Weekend Edition.
The A.V. Club recapped the week's best new albums.
Authors recommended great books at BuzzFeed.
PopMatters shared an excerpt from Nick Soulsby's book Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over (A Companion to the Film by Beth B).
The Guardian recommended recently published literature in translation.
C Pam Zhang recommended the best sibling relationships in fiction at Waterstones.
Stream a new Rufus Wainwright song.
Swedish author Per Olov Enquist has passed away.
Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces shared a playlist at Gorilla Vs Bear.
The Guardian examined why readers are turning to the classics while shut inside.
Wino covered Joy Division's "Isolation."
Lori Waxman talked art criticism with The Creative Independent.
Alice Bag broke down her new album Sister Dynamite at American Songwriter.
Granta shared a conversation between authors and translators Saskia Vogel and Jen Calleja.
Stream two new songs by Gia Margaret,
Literary Hub recommended fiction set during plagues.
Noisey recapped April's best songs.
The First Draft podcast interviewed author Anders Monson.
Laila Lalami discussed her new book, Conditional Citizens, with The Millions.
WNYC interviewed author Chelsea Bieker.
Brooklyn independent bookstore Spoonbill & Sugartown and Two Lines Press are crowdfunding to remain vital parts of the literary scene.
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
