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July 23, 2020
Shorties (The Center For Fiction First Novel Prize Shortlist, Maria Sherman on Her Book About Boy Bands, and more)
The longlist for The Center For Fiction First Novel Prize for 2020 has been announced.
Congratulations to Largehearted Boy Book Notes contributors Kelli Jo Ford, Clare Beams, Amina Cain, and Bryan Washington
Maria Sherman discussed her book Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS with Paste.
NPR Music shared an excerpt from the book.
Free eBooks today:
Against Police Violence
The End of Policing by Alexis Vitale
Full Spectrum Resistance, Vol 1 by Aric McBay
Full Spectrum Resistance, Vol 2 by Aric McBay
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
Paste interviewed singer-songwriter Samantha Crain.
BuzzFeed shared an excerpt from Laura van den Berg's new collection I Hold a Wolf by the Ears.
Bandcamp Daily profiled Jarvis Cocker.
Slate shared Alison Bechdel’s new introduction to the 25th anniversary edition of Howard Cruse's graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby.
Monsters & Critics listed the best Stephen King books.
Talking Heads' Chris Frantz discussed his memoir with Salon.
The New York Times shared an excerpt from Emma Donoghue's novel The Pull of the Stars.
Stream a new song by FUZZ.
Bill Buford talked to the New York Times about his new book Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking.
Stream a new Dawes song.
John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal talked science fiction and writing at Tor.com.
Stream a new song by Death Valley Girls.
Leslie Kern discussed her book Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World with Bitch Media.
Stream a new Young Jesus song.
Nicholson Baker discussed his new book, Baseless: My Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act, with HuffPost.
Stream a new song by Fog Lake.
Lauren J. Sharkey discussed her novel Inconvenient Daughter with The Rumpus Book Club.
Stream a new song by Hoops.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed writer and Big Other founder John Madera.
Eli Paperboy Reed covered Steely Dan's "Do It Again."
Stephanie Soileau recommended books about being homesick for a place that doesn't exist anymore at Electric Literature.
PopMatters listed the best Flaming Lips sci-fi songs.
Aimee Bender talked books and reading with the New York Times.
The Chicago Reader listed 35 moments that brought Chicago music to the world.
The Millions talked craft with Christopher Beha.
The 2020 Mercury Prize shortlist has been announced.
Literary Hub profiled author Catherine Lacey.
Argos & Artemis shared a new essay by Porochista Khakpour.
Literary Hub profiled cartoonist Adrian Tomine.
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