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May 27, 2020
Shorties (An Excerpt from Brit Bennett's New Novel, Mood-Busting Albums for Quarantine Listening, and more)
Vogue shared an excerpt from Brit Bennett's novel The Vanishing Half.
The New York Times reviewed the book.
Paste recommended mood-busting albums for quarantine.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen E. Ambrose
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
eBooks on sale for $3.99 today:
Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott
eBooks on sale for $3.99 today:
How to Bake Everything by Mark Bittman
Stream a new Bright Eyes song.
The Cut shared an excerpt from Meredith Talusan's memoir Fairest.
Electric Literature interviewed Talusan about the book.
Wire played a Tiny Desk Concert.
The New York Observer recommended graphic novels that unearth the histories of great cities.
Composer Steve Reich discussed his pandemic routine with NPR Music.
Electric Literature shared an excerpt from Marie-Helene Bertino's novel Parakeet.
Stream a song from Japandroids' forthcoming live album.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Kristen Millares Young.
Stream a song from Joyce Manor's forthcoming rarities album.
John Domini explored the writings of John Barth at Literary Hub.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed older musicians about life in quarantine.
Julian K. Jarboe discussed their short story collection Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel with The Rumpus.
Stream a new song by Too Much (Ian Svenonius and Rich Morel).
Read new short fiction by Diane Williams.
Aquarium Drunkard shared a mixtape of live indie songs.
Literary Hub recommended the week's best new books.
io9 recommended nerdcore, nerd-core, and other geeky musical artists.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club interviewed author Ariel Francisco.
The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed musician Kim Gordon.
The White Review features new fiction by Sally Rooney.
The Guardian recommended entry points into Sonic Youth's discography.
Tea Obreht talked books and reading with Book Marks.
A Largehearted Boy t-shirt is now available:
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
