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May 18, 2020
Shorties (Catherine Lacey on Her New Novel, Kamasi Washington on Scoring the Michelle Obama Documentary, and more)
Fiction Writers Review interviewed author Catherine Lacey about her novel Pew.
In some ways, I think that the whole project of fiction is that you’re asking somebody to leave themselves and be somebody else in this fictive space.
Kamasi Washington talked to Rolling Stone about scoring Netflix's Michelle Obama documentary.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan are sharing calendars of live online virtual concerts.
Authors recommended quarantine reading at BuzzFeed.
Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius discussed his influences at Vulture.
Hadreas broke down every song on teh album at Pitchfork.
Curtis Sittenfeld discussed her novel Rodham with Weekend Edition.
Jason Isbell discussed his new album Reunions with NPR Music and Variety.
Stream Isbell's record release show (sans audience).
BuzzFeed shared the first chapter of Jenny Lee's novel Anna K.
Shakey Graves played an AVC Session.
Screen Rant recommended places to read comics online.
PopMatters reconsidered Massive Attack's 1991 album Blue Lines.
LiveMint interviewed author Amitav Ghosh.
Stream a new Wilco song.
Queer authors talked to Autostraddle about launching books during a pandemic.
Built To Spill covered Daniel Johnston's "Tell Me Now."
Electric Literature recommended books about cyberspace by women writers.
Margaret Glaspy covered Bog Thief's "Mythological Beauty."
Salon interviewed author Jennifer Weiner.
Bandcamp Daily recommended music to help you sleep.
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight discussed her new novel Hex with Electric Literature.
Musicians reflected on Ian Curtis's legacy at SPIN.
NME also remembered Curtis.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recommended summer's best new Southern books.
Guided By Voices has launched a yearly music subscription service.
Electric Literature shared new short fiction by Odie Lindsey.
Bandcamp Daily recommended the best April and May reissues on the platform.
Stream a new Lavender Diamond song.
Fiona McFarlane talked to the New Yorker about her story in this week's issue.
Rolling Stone shared the craziest musician acting cameos.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Chris Dennis.
Stream a new No Age song,
Aimee Liu talked about her novel https://bookshop.org/a/180/9781597098892 with CarolineLeavittville.
Stream a radio documentary about John Prine.
The winners of this year’s Big Other Book Awards have been announced.
BOMB interviewed author Tracy O’Neill.
Stephanie Danler talked books and reading with Book Marks.
Tor.com shared an excerpt from Charlie Jane Anders' serialized book Never Say You Can’t Survive.
Two Largehearted Boy t-shirts are now available:
Round LHB logo shirt
"Books + Music = Largehearted Boy" shirt
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
