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June 12, 2020
Shorties (Recommended Books About Police Brutality, An Interview with Bob Dylan, and more)
The Chicago Review of Books recommended books about police brutality.
The New York Times interviewed Bob Dylan.
I think about the death of the human race. The long strange trip of the naked ape. Not to be light on it, but everybody’s life is so transient. Every human being, no matter how strong or mighty, is frail when it comes to death. I think about it in general terms, not in a personal way.
Free eBooks today:
Against Police Violence
The End of Policing by Alexis Vitale
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam
Northern Transmissions interviewed Alison Mosshart of the Kills.
Electric Literature recommended new and forthcoming graphic novels.
Hanif Abdurraqib's website 68to05 shares a personal playlist for every year from 1968 to 2005, along with best album lists and other music ephemera.
Bookforum interviewed author Tracy O’Neill.
Pitchfork and Paste recommended the week's best new albums.
Bookworm interviewed author Fowzia Karimi.
Paste interviewed Savages singer Jehnny Beth about her solo album.
Esquire recommended black writers to read.
Stream a new Michael Stipe song.
Smithsonian Magazine recommended books to help children understand race, antiracism, and protest.
Members of Modest Mouse looked back on the band's album The Moon & Antarctica at SPIN.
Stereogum reconsidered the album 20 years after its release.
Book Riot recommended South Asian novels.
Stream a new Neil Young song.
The New York Times recommended the week's best new books.
Stream John Prine's last recorded song.
Poets & Writers interviewed literary light Maris Kreizman.
Stream a new Dirty Projectors song.
ELLE UK recommended books by Black authors.
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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
