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April 5, 2020
Shorties (The 20th Anniversary of House of Leaves, The Best Books About Prog, and more)
The Guardian reconsidered Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves on its 20th anniversary.
Louder recommended books about prog music.
eBooks free today:
many titles from Archipelago Books
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
The Double by Jose Saramago
The Last Wolf by László Krasznahorkai
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan shared calendars of live online virtual concerts.
Julia Alvarez discussed her new novel Afterlife with Weekend Edition and the Los Angeles Times.
The New York Times reviewed the book.
PopMatters interviewed musicians Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree.
Vox recommended moving essays about life during coronavirus.
Leah Umansky has a powerful new poem at Glass.
Kathy Valentine of the Go-Gos talked to the Los Angeles Times and PopMatters about her memoir All I Ever Wanted.
Queerty recommended fascinating works of queer nonfiction.
Salon revisited Nellie McKay's debut album.
Novelists recommended books to read during shelter-in-place at the Guardian.
Stream a new song by A Grape Dope (Tortoise's John Herndon).
Hello Giggles recommended April's best books.
NPR Music examined the legacy of singer-songwriter Bill Withers.
Cai Emmons recommended books about bodies at Literary Hub.
Rolling Stone profiled singer-songwriter Jason Isbell.
Publishers Weekly recommended pandemic novels.
Sasha Geffen discussed their book Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary with The A.V. Club.
“There’s a lot of stuff that’s really interesting that I could only touch on in the intro: the first drag balls, the early blues, the Harlem Renaissance. Gender transgression has very deep roots in the practice of popular music. There’s so much of it, more than what can fit within the scope of 60 to 70,000 words.”
Hailu Mergia discussd his new album with Aquarium Drunkard.
“The idea is to bring back the influence of the ‘70s sound and mix that with the new sound,” says Mergia. “I think that’s what I’m working with.” On the self-produced Yene Mircha, Mergia is joined by two other stalwarts of the ‘70s Ethiopian music scene: traditional vocalist Tsehay Kassa and saxophonist Moges Habte, a cornerstone of the Walias band horn section. The opening track, “Semen Ena Debub,” which translates to “North and South,” is a rumination on the different rhythms found in Northern and Southern Ethiopia. Two thirds of the way through, Mergia kicks up the tempo with a fiery accordion solo, rendering, in his seamless blend of the two sounds, the geographic binary obsolete.
HuffPost interviewed Samantha Irby about her book Wow, No Thank You.
The Lumineers played a Tiny Desk Concert.
The Guardian and Shelf Awareness interviewed author Emily St. John Mandel.
Stream a new song by Laura Marling.
The A.V. Club shared a Twin Peaks reading list.
Stream a new song by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down.
Elizabeth Kadetsky discussed her new book The Memory Eaters with CarolineLeavittville.
Tessa Hadley talked to the New Yorker about her story in this week's issue.
PBS NewsHour recommended books that tackle racial injustice.
The Rumpus interviewed author Samantha Irby.
Travel and Leisure listed summer's best books.
Esmé Weijun Wang wrote about t=chronic illness and our current pandemic at The Cut.
Rick Moody wrote about teaching writing remotely at the New Yorker.
InsideHook interviewed author Rob Doyle.
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
