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January 23, 2023

Shorties (Ayòbámi Adébáyò Profiled, New Music from Miya Folick, and more)

A Spell of Good Things by Ayòbámi Adébáyò

The Guardian profiled author Ayòbámi Adébáyò.


Stream a new song by Miya Folick.


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:


Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931–1934: Vol. 1 by Anaïs Nin

January's best eBook deals.


Vulture and Pitchfork remembered David Crosby.


Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Lévy discussed their graphic novel, Queenie: Godmother of Harlem with NPR Books.


John Cale discussed his new album with All Things Considered.


Marisa Crane discussed her debut novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself with Shondaland.

When portraying the kid in the book, it was important to me to give her agency, to give her her own motivations and desires and ideas about the world. So often, children in fiction are used as a tool for another character to grow, and I hate that so much. She’s her own person, and she has asses to kick.


Steve Albini took World Cafe on a tour of his Chicago recording studio.


The Creative Independent interviewed writer, musician, and activist Michael Love Michael.

Before I knew your music, I knew you as a journalist. What skills from your journalism have you brought to your music and vice versa? How did one inspire you to start pursuing the other?

I like to think of myself as a writer of many disciplines. I don’t feel like I’m just one kind of writer. Music, for me, is an extension of that. It’s another way for me to tell stories that I’m passionate about...


Cover Me shared five covers of the Roches' "Hammond Song."


PEN America shared the longlists for its literary awards.


World Cafe visited the Museum of Post Punk and Industrial Music in Chicago.

Museum creator and curator Martin Atkins spent decades playing in bands like Public Image Ltd., Ministry, Killing Joke, Nine Inch Nails and the supergroup Pigface. The museum, which opened in 2021, pulls from Atkins' personal collection of memorabilia, photos and other rarities.


Electric Literature talked writing instruction with author Christine Ma-Kellams.


The directors of Judy Blume Forever discussed the documentary with Variety.


The Linda Lindas shared their Sunday routines with the Los Angeles Times.


The OTHERPPL podcast interviewed author Kevin Maloney.


Stream a new song by Bleary Eyed.


Granta shared a conversation between authors Pico Iyer and Caryl Phillips.


Stream a new song by NOIA.


Stream a new Dutch Uncles song.


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