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June 8, 2020
Shorties (Books That Changed Queer Authors' Lives, An Excerpt from the New Book by Factory Records' Tony Wilson, and more)
Queer authors shared the books that changed their lives at O: The Oprah Magazine.
The Quietus shared an excerpt from Tony Wilson's book FAC 461 Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album.
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BuzzFeed recommended anti-racist books.
The Spectator recommended iconic films about protest.
Brandon Taylor discussed his debut novel Real Life with Short Wave.
Cover Me shared covers of Joni Mitchell songs from the 1980s.
Megha Majumdar talked about her debut novel A Burning with Weekend Edition.
You know, English in India holds such baggage, and I wanted to bring that into the book. It is, of course, the language of the coloniser. But if you're growing up in India, you are constantly told that English is the language of moving up. It's the language of the future.
Bandcamp Daily recapped May's best electronic releases on the platform.
Our Culture recommended undiscovered Australian novels.
NYCTaper's Dan Lynch talked about his pro bono defense of protestors with Rolling Stone.
Brit Bennett discussed her novel The Vanishing Half with All Things Considered.
I was interested in ... the idea of race as something that is both fictional and also something that is real. ... The idea that these twins are identical and one essentially becomes white because she declares herself to be white and one is black because she does not do that. There is an aspect of that that reveals how flimsy those categories are. If you can transgress them through performance, if you can perform whiteness and become white through that performance, then what does it actually mean to be white or black or anything?
Matt Berninger discussed the National's High Violet album with NME.
Garage shared Octavia Butler's 1980 essay “The Lost Races of Science Fiction.”
Stereogum reconsidered Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti's Before Today album on its 10th anniversary.
Leah Umansky offered tips on creating found poetry and shared a new poem at the New York Times.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed musician Ami Dang.
Vox shared a reading list about police brutality in America.
Robyn Hitchcock edited his song "The President" for the modern day.
The Guardian reviewed the best recently published poetry collections.
Rolling Stone gathered songs of Black resistance.
The Guardian recommended books and resources about teaching kids about racism.
Stream a new Shabazz Palaces single.
Electric Literature recommended books about the power of protest.
The Clientele covered Shack's "Closer."
Vulture examined the salary disparities uncovered by the #PublishingPaidMe hashtag on Twitter.
Publishers Weekly shared a list of anti-racist poetry collections.
Electric Literature shared new short fiction by Sasha Graybosch.
Entropy shared an excerpt from Guillermo Stitch's novel Lake of Urine.
Town & Country recommended black-owned independent bookstores to support.
The Millions shared an excerpt from Joe Meno’s forthcoming book Between Everything and Nothing: The Journey of Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal and the Quest for Asylum.
Vox interviewed author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Hazlitt interviewed author Harry Dodge.
Brittle Paper delved into Teju Cole's isolation playlists.
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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
