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August 31, 2020
Shorties (Ann Patchett on Running an Independent Bookstore, Stream Unreleased Crass Songs, and more)
Ann Patchett discussed running an indie bookstore with O: The Oprah Magazine.
Stream several unreleased Crass songs from the band's forthcoming reissue collection.
eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
The Apprentice by Jacques Pepin
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker
eBook on sale for $3.99 today:
The Essential Chomsky by Noam Chomsky
Cover Me shared five covers of James Taylor's "Fire and Rain."
Good Housekeeping recommended classic feminist books.
Bright Eyes shared a "Sad Indie Mixtape."
O: The Oprah Magazine recommended books by Audre Lorde.
Pitchfork recommended the week's best new albums.
USA Today recommended the week's best books.
IDLES covered the Strokes' "Reptilia."
The Guardian and ELLE interviewed author Elena Ferrante.
Fresh Air discussed the art of Charlie Parker on the jazz legend's centennial.
Publishers Weekly previewed fall's best books by independent publishers.
Kelly Lee Owens covered Radiohead's "Arpeggi."
The CBC interviewed author Richard Ford.
Stream the Replacements' "I.O.U" demo.
Glamour interviewed author Brit Bennett.
Stream a new Elvis Costello song.
Datebook recommended books that imagine apocalyptic motherhoods.
BrooklynVegan listed covers performed by Bright Eyes.
Autostraddle recommended fall's best queer and feminist books.
io9 listed exceptional fictional movie bands.
O: The Oprah Magazine listed Black-owned bookstores in the United States.
Paste recapped August's best vinyl releases.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn featured new short fiction by Winona León.
Cover Me recapped August's best cover songs.
artnet interviewed author Raven Leilani.
Alisson Wood discussed her memoir Being Lolita with The Rumpus.
Lev Grossman discussed his new novel The Silver Arrow with io9.
The New Yorker shared a new essay by Jamaica Kincaid.
The Rumpus previewed the week's best virtual literary events.
The New Yorker shared an excerpt from Eula Biss's book Having and Being Had.
Juked features new fiction by Henry Hoke.
Nightmare interviewed author John Langan.
BOMB interviewed author Leah Hampton.
BuzzFeed previewed the week's virtual literary events.
NPR Books recommended the best 100 books for children.
BuzzFeed interviewed author Shruti Swamy.
"As a reader, I find a lot of pleasure in connecting the dots of a story, running beside it or sometimes even a little behind it, trying to follow and understand its movement. It asks more of me as a reader, but the payoff is a deeper intimacy with the story."
Book Riot recommended under the radar queer books by writers of color.
Refinery29 previewed September's best books.
Susan Choi talked to the New Yorker about her story in this week's issue.
Electric Literature interviewed author Diane Cook.
The Creative Independent interviewed author Tina Horn.
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