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June 9, 2020
Shorties (Ibram X. Kendi on His New Children's Book, A Lucinda Williams Live Performance, and more)
Ibram X. Kendi talked to the Los Angeles Times about his children's book, Antiracist Baby.
Lucinda Williams visited The Current for an interview and live performance.
Free eBooks today:
Against Police Violence
The End of Policing by Alexis Vitale
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Mean by Myriam Gurba
The Tattooed Soldier by Charles Frazier
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
Thirteen Moons by Hector Tobar
Indie publishers recommended queer books in translation at Words Without Borders.
Paste listed the best albums of the year so far.
CLMP shared a social justice reading list.
Slant ranked Bjork albums.
Bitch Media recommended books feminists should read in June.
Shondaland shared a 2020 LGBTQ+ Pride playlist.
O: The Oprah Magazine recommended books by activist Angela Davis.
UPROXX examined the legacy of Modest Mouse's The Moon & Antarctica album.
Bustle recapped May's best books.
Black Pumas covered Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car."
HuffPost recommended escapist quarantine reading.
American Songwriter profiled the band Muzz.
Muzz is something of an accidental supergroup. Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (Jonathan Fire*Eater, The Walkmen) have been friends for many years, which finally led them to start recording demo tracks together in 2015 – but it took them another five years to finish their debut album, Muzz (released on June 5 on Matador Records).
Danez Smith on the Minneapolis protests at the New Yorker.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed Sonic Boom, AKA Peter Kember.
Code Switch and PBS NewsHour recommended books, podcasts, and films to learn about institutional racism.
Stream a new Matthew Dear song.
Educators and activists recommended anti-racists books at the Strategist.
Neil Young shared an essay called "Hope" on his website.
Ms, Magazine recommended books by women to understand the protests.
The Quietus remembered Kay Carroll of the Fall.
Public Books interviewed filmmaker and author Astra Taylor.
Megha Majumdar discussed her debut novel A Burning with Electric Literature.
The New York Times shared an essay by Kiese Laymon.
Donna Tartt remembered Charles Portis at the New York Times.
Literary Hub recommended the week's best new books.
The Red and Black recommended books about the black experience in America.
The Observer interviewed author Wayetu Moore.
The Schomburg Center shared a black liberation reading list.
The New York Times shared an excerpt from Jean Kyoung Frazier's novel Pizza Girl.
Electric Literature recommended books set in museums.
The New York Times shared an excerpt from Stacey Abrams' new book Our Time Is Now.
Comic Book Resources remembered Anthony Bourdain's comics legacy.
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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
