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August 28, 2020

Shorties (Yaa Gyasi Profiled, Charlie Parker at 100, and more)

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Entertainment Weekly profiled author Yaa Gyasi.


Morning Edition remembered Charlie Parker on the jazz legend's centennial.


August's best eBook deals.

eBook on sale for $1.99 today:

Little Birds: Erotica by Anais Nin
Taft by Ann Patchett

eBook on sale for $2.99 today:

Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin


Paste ranked he Velvet Underground's albums.


The New York Times recommended the week's best new books.


Bandcamp Daily recommended avant-garde albums that test the boundaries of death metal.


The New Yorker examined the Black bookstore boom in the United States.


Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago discussed the band's Bossanova album (which turns 30 this year) with BrooklynVegan.


Refinery29 listed 2020's best books so far.


The Wall Street Journal interviewed Patti Smith.


The Independent recommended books to read during lockdown.


NPR Music recommended the week's best new albums.


Bookworm interviewed author Sarah Shun-lien Bynum.


Josh Ritter discussed his new album See Here, I Have Built You a Mansion with American Songwriter.


The New York Times previewed September's best books.


BOMB interviewed author Diane Cook.


Noisey recapped August's best songs.


The Ringer interviewed author Jason Diamond.


The Quietus recommended August's best albums and songs.


The Sun shared a new essay by Melissa Febos.


Literary Hub interviewed author Carlos Fonseca.


Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day in the United States.


American Songwriter profiled Bob Mould.


The Rumpus interviewed author Amy Long.


The New York Times features new nonfiction by Alexander Chee.


Electric Literature interviewed author Mieko Kawakami.


Book Riot recommended Black feminist books.


Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Daisy Johnson's novel Sisters.



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