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May 7, 2020
Shorties (Kali Fajardo-Anstine on Books and Reading, The Musical Legacy of Florian Schneider, and more)
Kali Fajardo-Anstine talked books and reading with Book Marks.
Rolling Stone examined the musical legacy of Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
Lilith's Brood: The Complete Xenogenesis Trilogy by Octavia E. Butler
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan shared calendars of live online virtual concerts.
The Longform podcast interviewed Cheryl Strayed.
The entire Dischord Records discography is available to stream at Bandcamp.
Electric Literature shared an excerpt from Lydia Millet's new novel Children's Bible.
The Los Angeles Times profiled Millet.
R.I.P., Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider.
Electric Literature recommended novels that celebrate unlikable women.
Morning Edition profiled Shabazz Palace's Ishmael Butler.
Mikki Kendall discussed her book Hood Feminism with Code Switch.
I'm a black girl from the hood, Chicago's South Side. I'm never going to be ashamed of being from the hood. Hood feminism is lived feminism. It's the women who do the work, who are present in communities and making sure that their kids have school and at least somewhat accessible medical care.
Vulture listed the best album of the year so far.
Contributors to the comics anthology This Place, which tells 150 years of Canadian history from an Indigenous perspective, discussed the book with CBC Books.
Stream the Wilco documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart for free at Oh You Pretty Things.
The 2019-2020 New York City Book Awards have been announced:
The Central Park: Original Designs for New York’s Greatest Treasure by Cynthia Brenwall
The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team by Matthew Goodman
The Crazy Bunch by Willie Perdomo
When Brooklyn Was Queer: A History by Hugh Ryan
The Hornblower Award for a First Book: Staten Island Stories by Claire Jimenez
Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo recommended albums on Bandcamp.
Sheltering interviewed author Samantha Irby.
Stream a new Weezer song.
The New York Times shared an excerpt from Amity Gaige's new novel The Sea Wife.
The Millions interviewed Gaige.
Stream a new Ariel Pink song.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Danielle Trussoni.
Hop Along's Frances Quinlan played three songs from home for Rolling Stone.
Jennifer Weiner talked books and reading with the New York Times.
Stream a new Cass McCombs song.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune staff listed their favorite sports books.
Hundredth covered Radiohead's "Idioteque."
The Evening Standard shared a definitive guide to the books in the television adaptation of Normal People.
Blondie's Debbie Harry, Chris Stein And Clem Burke talked to American Songwriter about the 40th anniversary of their album Autoamerican.
KQED profiled Small Press Distribution.
The Drive-By Truckers' Mike Cooley and Patterson Hod visited The Current for an interview and live performance.
The Maris Review interviewed author Esmé Weijun Wang.
The New York Times pondered the future of small music clubs.
Big Other shared new fiction by Lance Olsen.
Stream a Blitzen Trapper song.
Hobart interviewed author Garielle Lutz.
The Creative Independent interviewed author Jenny Odell.
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
