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April 7, 2020
Shorties (Recommended Pandemic Novels, A Grateful Dead Graphic Novel, and more)
Publishers Weekly recommended pandemic novels.
Coming in June: Grateful Dead Origins, the graphic novel.
eBooks free today:
many titles from Archipelago Books
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan shared calendars of live online virtual concerts.
Newsarama interviewed cartoonist Mariko Tamaki.
King Crimson's discography will soon be available on Spotify.
The Los Angeles Times recommended books to keep you in toucj with the natural world.
Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien discussed his solo album with All Songs Considered.
Chloe Aridjis's novel Sea Monsters has been awarded the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Today in music history: Prince released his debut album.
Chelsea Bieker discussed her novel Godshot with All Things Considered.
I think part of what Godshot is doing is that it's prompting us to ask questions and not to accept a package solution that seems to be rooted in this big group think. I think that's dangerous. And I think the characters in the book slowly realize that. And they do begin to question, they do begin to access their own curiosity, and find their own answers. And I think that's important for all of us to do — to be critical thinkers and to not listen to just one voice.
PopMatters is counting down the best post-punk albums ever.
Novelists recommended lockdown reading at British Vogue.
Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast shared a ‘mellow joy’ playlist at SPIN.
InsideHook offered tips on reading Moby-Dick.
Stream a new song by Hazel English.
The New York Observer profiled author Julia Alvarez.
Stream a new Quasi song.
Thehttps://themillions.com/2020/04/must-read-poetry-april-2020.html Millions recommended April's most anticipated poetry collections.
Stream a new Johanna Warren song.
Frank B. Wilderson III talked to the New York Times about his book Afropessimism.
With the narrative drive of a captivating novel and the intellectual rigor of critical theory, “Afropessimism” illustrates how black death is necessary for the material and psychic life of the human species. A high-wire act between rage and paranoia, or a breath of sanity? Read it and decide.
Stream a 1991 Neil Young and Crazy Horse show.
Publishers Weekly recommended new books by writers with disabilities.
Stream a new song by Woods.
Marvel is making some of its digital comics free.
Jason Isbell And Amanda Shires covered Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend.”
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
