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May 25, 2020
Shorties (Rivka Galchen on P.G. Wodehouse, Grateful Dead Tennis Shoes, and more)
Rivka Galchen wrote about P.G, Wodehouse and his internment during World War II at the New Yorker.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made by David Halberstam
Stoner by John Williams
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Quartet by Joseph J. Ellis
NPR Music and BrooklynVegan are sharing calendars of live online virtual concerts.
The Rumpus, the Washington Post, School Library Journal, and Literary Hub offer calendars of online virtual literary events,
Cult MTL profiled the band the Dears.
The Atlantic shared an excerpt from Barton Gellman's book Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State.
Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay played a Tiny Desk Concert.
Graphic Medicine is collecting comics about Covid-19.
Woods' Jeremy Young discussed the band's new album with Weekend Edition.
BuzzFeed shared an excerpt from Meredith Talusan's memoir Fairest.
I came to understand that what I wanted was to be seen as my complete self — my gender, my race, my history — without being judged because of it.
The New Yorker interviewed the Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock.
Bustle recommended escapist novels.
The A.V. Club recommended the week's best new albums.
TIME, The Daily Beast, Vulture, and Refinery29 recommended summer's best books.
The Los Angeles Times recommended novels set around the world.
Katie Von Schleicher discussed her latest album with Bandcamp Daily.
Anna Dorn recommended memoirs and novels about the dark side of fame at Electric Literature.
Rolling Stone listed the best Bob Dylan songs.
The New York Times recommended art books to read this summer.
Stream a new song by White Fence's Tim Presley.
Book Riot recommended books about racism.
Stream a new Sondre Lerche song.
Chris Bohjalian pondered post-pandemic fiction at the Washington Post.
Stream a new song by Dean & Britta.
Authors recommended their favorite soothing audiobooks at the Strategist.
Jimmy Cobb, the drummer on Miles Davis's album Kind of Blue, has passed away.
Barton Gellman discussed his book Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State with the Guardian.
SPIN listed the year's best songs (so far).
The Guardian listed writers shaping the UK's literary future.
Sparks’ Ron Mael discussed the band's new album with Forbes.
3:AM shared new nonfiction by Monique Roffey.
Rolling Stone listed the 100 greatest Bob Dylan songs.
Bookforum shard a new essay by Joshua Cohen.
Porochista Khakpour talked to Columbia Journal about her essay collection Brown Album.
The Jewish Book Council shared new nonfiction by Ilana Masad.
Word Bookstores have announced Word Association, where book purchases by selected authors will support worthy causes.
Consequence of Sound ranked Joy Division songs.
The A.V. Club examined Instagram as a platform for comics.
Lydia Millet recommended books about appreciating animals at The Week.
Bookforum interviewed Millet about her new novel.
Electric Literature shared a short story by Aimee Herman.
David Means talked to the New Yorker about his story in this week's issue.
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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
