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May 13, 2020
Shorties (Recommended Books on Climate Activism, Doug Matsch on Built To Spill's Daniel Johnston Covers Album, and more)
Yale Climate Connections recommended books on climate activism.
Built to Spill's Doug Matsch discussed the band's Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston album with SPIN.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan shared calendars of live online virtual concerts.
Brit Bennett, Megha Majumdar, Roddy Doyle and Marie-Helene Bertino discussed their new books with the New York Times.
Hop Along's Frances Quinlan played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Caitlin Moran discussed her favorite coming-of-age movies at The A.V. Club.
Paste recommended Canadian musicians to watch in 2020.
Book Riot recommended new nonfiction books by women.
The Sydney Morning Herald listed pop culture courses you can take for free.
Spokane's Giant Nerd Books recommended books at the Pacific Inlander.
48hills shared a guide to Soccer mommy's discography.
Independent booksellers discussed reopening their stores with the New York Times.
Stereogum interviewed Perfume Genius's Mike Hadreas.
Architectural Digest recommended books to spark inspiration.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed musician Steve Gunn.
Los Angeles writers groups have petitioned the city council for pandemic aid.
The Creative independent shared a conversation between singer-songwriters Jess Williamson and Katie Crutchfirld.
The Evening Standard listed May's best books.
Squirrel Flower's Ella O'Connor Williams shared her pandemic coping mechanisms at NPR Music.
Bitch Media interviewed Porochista Khakpour about her new essay collection, Brown Album.
What is the significance of starting with a quote in Farsi? How did that set the tone for your book?
This book is for other Iranians and Brown people in general, so the opening quote is a nod to indicate I don’t really care if [some readers] can’t [automatically understand] that quote. This book isn’t necessarily for you. I obviously want non-Iranians and, whatever, white people to read it too, but [the quote is] a wink and a look to other Iranians. It’s an indicator that I’m going to spin some yarn, a cheeky thing to mean you know these stories.
Tanya Donnelly covered the Go-Go's "Automatic."
Gene Luen Yang discussed his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, with Kansas Public Radio.
Stream a new Pure Bathing Culture song.
The shortlist for the 2020 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, which rewards an outstanding work of contemporary fiction, has been announced.
Mary Timony covered Rush's "Subdivisions."
Lauren Francis-Sharma recommended diverse books set in the American West.
Stream a new song by the Jayhawks.
Slate interviewed Megan Abbott about writing for television.
Stream a new Jade Hairpins song.
Nazanine Hozar recommended books about Iran at the Guardian.
The Quietus interviewed Algiers' Franklin Fisher .
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Mary South.
Musicians discussed Spotify's new tipping feature with VICE.
Lydia Millet shared an essay on language at Literary Hub.
These are hard times for facts and for words, which have been devalued and distorted. A time of betrayal not only of language, but for it. Language is under siege.
The Millions shared an excerpt from Millet's novel A Children's Bible.
Full Stop interviewed author Sam Farahmand.
I suppose I trust the not-knowing more than anything though, and have always been drawn to work that assesses one’s reality by really questioning one’s reality, because there isn’t anything as real for me as wondering about one’s reality. Maybe that comes from thinking about thinking too much, but I think with my own work I’ve also just been trying to trust that feeling of not-knowing while trying to get closer and closer to consciousness, and maybe that’s because the fiction I find to be most engaging for me always feels like a shared consciousness, the kind that offers a way of assessing reality in the moment and acknowledges the absurdity of the situation we’re all in together.
The London Review of Books shared a new poem by Anne Carson.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Wayne Koestenbaum's essay collection Figure It Out.
The Rumpus interviewed author Zaina Arafat.
Book Riot recommended books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Literary Hub profiled author Anna Solomon.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author JD Scott.
Debutiful interviewed author Elizabeth Thomas.
Sarah McCarry is serializing a novel via her Substack.
The Paris Review interviewed author Jenny Zhang.
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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
