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January 19, 2023
Shorties (An Interview with Constance Debré, Soccer Mommy's Tiny Desk Concert, and more)
AnOther interviewed French author Constance Debré.
...I think one of the answers, in terms of inspiration, is not in other books but is in law, and in my legal past. Especially in French case law, which is very different from British law or US law, in that it is very much about language, about a very precise, simple, clear and effective use of language. To me, it's so beautiful. And so I have this very simple, clear, cold, direct style of writing.
Soccer Mommy played a Tiny Desk Concert.
95 year-end lists were added to the Largehearted Boy list of "best books of 2022" lists Monday (bringing the total to 1,528).
eBooks on sale for $2.99 today:
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
Stream a new boygenius song.
Paste listed the year's most anticipated horror books.
Rebecca Bengal wrote about Johnny Paycheck and David Berman at the Oxford American.
Vocally they were opposites. Berman’s deadpan baritone underscored the tilted humor and searching wisdom of his own lyrics, whereas Paycheck’s craned upward into the altitudes
Stat Significant examined how popular music has changed since the 1950s.
Electric Literature shared a new story by Bill Cotter.
Stream a new Deerhoof song.
Jessica Johns talked to Shondaland about her novel Bad Cree.
So, in the short story, I was intentionally omitting details and intentionally omitting things to build the tension. In the novel version, I was trying to do the same thing with a different technique, which was to add more and to build out.
Stream a new song by Wednesday.
Electric Literature interviewed Debutiful's Adam Vitcavage.
Bandcamp Daily profiled experimental music label Relative Pitch.
The Creative Independent interviewed cartoonist Johnny Damm.
Comics read well digitally. But there’s something about them when you make it into an object. I’m working with really old comics and I think it’s especially interesting how they’ve aged and decayed.
UPROXX interviewed musician King Tuff.
Debutiful interviewed author Josh Riedel.
Stream a new song by Braids.
Kashauna Cauley discussed her debut novel with Kirkus.
Stream a new Superchunk song.
Jyoti Patel recommended books about family secrets at the Guardian.
Stream a new Steven Van Betten song.
Esquire previewed the year's most anticipated books.
Stream a new song by Squirrel Flower.
Paul Theroux recommended books set in Boston at the New York Times.
Stream a new Florry song.
Mike Albo discussed his novel with Shondaland.
Stream a new song by Art School Girlfriend.
The Guardian and the New York Times remembered author Jonathan Raban.
Aquarium Drunkard interviewed Chad Clark of Beauty Pill.
The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Matthew Salesses.
Stream two new Tiny Ruins songs.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Mallory Smart.
Stream a new song by the National.
The Guardian interviewed TS Eliot prize winner Anthony Joseph.
The Raincoats' Gina Birch talked to The Quietus about her solo album.
The Millions interviewed author Amina Cain.
Stream a new song by Anna B Savage.
The Rumpus interviewed author Liz Harmer.
Stream a new Andy Shauf song.
The Los Angeles Review of Books shared new writing by Maria Sonevytsky.
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