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June 15, 2020
Shorties (An Interview with Jean Kyoung Frazier, the Most Iconic Albums by African-American Women, and more)
Jean Kyoung Frazier discussed her novel Pizza Girl with Electric Literature.
In conceiving Pizza Girl’s voice and character, I was thinking a lot about what you brought up—slacker fiction being dominated by the white, straight, cis-male. Let me assure you, as a queer, bi-racial woman, I have wasted countless hours slouching away from responsibility. If being a fuckhead was an Olympic sport, nothing but gold would be hanging from my neck. DM me for references.
ZORA listed the most iconic albums by African-American women.
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The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
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Stream a new Bettye LaVette song.
Vulture recommended the best books of the year so far.
Stream new songs by Soccer Mommy and Beabadoobee.
Bleeding Cool recommended race-related graphic novels.
Salon examined the power and politics of go-go music.
Mariko Tamaki talked to the CBC about writing Wonder Woman comics.
The Guardian profiled singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers.
Bridgers’s lyrics are often described as dark and brooding, but they can be funny too, often jarringly so. (“I hate your mom,” she announces, without warning, to a love interest on I See You). The jarring effect is important, she says, because she writes best when testing limits. “It’s very easy to write kind of just whatever lyrics,” she says, “but all my favourite lyrics are just like truthful, weird shit that you have to dare yourself into actually writing down.”
Don DeLillo's next novel, The Silence, is forthcoming in October.
Members of the band Unwed Sailor broke down their album track-by-track at BrooklynVegan.
People recommended books to better understand systemic racism.
Trouser Press now offers digitized versions of all its issues online.
The CBC recommended books to read during Pride Month.
Heavy Metal magazine is back.
The 2020 Wainwright Prize longlist for nature writing has been announced.
Far Out interviewed Savages singer Jehnny Beth.
British Vogue profiled author Tayari Jones.
Sessa shared three cover songs at Aquarium Drunkard.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Roxane Gay.
Alicia Keys played a Tiny Desk Concert.
The Between the Covers podcast interviewed author N.K. Jemisin.
Read a new short story by Kali Fajardo-Anstine.
BOMB interviewed poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips.
3:AM shared an excerpt from Guillermo Stitch's novel Lake of Urine.
Authors recommended pandemic reading at NPR.
Book Riot recommended books by neurodiverse authors.
Salon listed June's must-read novels.
Scholastique Mukasonga talked to the New Yorker about her story in this week's issue.
How racist was Flannery O'Connor?
Tara Isabella Burton shared a reading list for searching for meaning in times of despair at Literary Hub.
The Rumpus interviewed poet Aria Aber.
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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
