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February 8, 2023
Shorties (A Profile of Mieko Kawakami, A Profile of Screaming Females, and more)
The New York Times Magazine profiled author Mieko Kawakami.
SPIN profiled the band Screaming Females.
Screaming Females emerged from the nascent punk rock scene brewing in the quiet corners of a small town as a fierce firestorm of emotive fury, artisans at the helm of instruments they’re deftly able to wring every last hint of songcraft from. Drummer Jarrett Dougherty is precise and thunderous behind his drum kit, and Abbate serves as a keenly sharp needle of rhythm on bass keeping all things stitched tight. The heaviest of material all stitched together with seamless grace. Paternoster possesses a controlled demolition of an operatic and thunderous voice while being widely praised for her guitar work.
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Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Tom Verlaine, book buyer.
Twitter Verse interviewed author Bethanne Patrick.
Paste reconsidered the Stooges' Raw Power album as it turns 50 this year.
The New York Times recommended books by Colette.
Bandcamp Daily explored Ecuador's alt-pop scene.
Book Riot and Literary Hub recommended the week's est new books.
Atwood Magazine profiled the band Personal Trainer.
Debutiful interviewed author Delia Cai.
Richard Evans discussed his book Listening To The Music The Machines Make: Electronic Pop 1978 – 1983 with SPIN.
Marisa Crane discussed her new novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself with Electric Literature.
Stream a new song by Shalom.
Full Stop interviewed author Lawrence Millmam.
Barbra Streisand's memoir, My Name is Barbra, will be published in November.
Matthew Salesses talked to The Rumpus about his new novel.
Stream a new song by bdrmm.
StatORec interviewed author Erika T. Wurth.
JAR: What draws you to horror?
ETW: In some ways, it’s coming back to my nerd roots. I used to wander the library shelves at lunch, running from my bullies—and I’d come across books by Stephen King. I loved every one. The other part of it is that it allows me to express the darker parts of the gritty realism that I wrote in before, but it allows all of that dark magic that I adored as a child as well. Gambino, and my Indigenous brother from another mother Jones, are more into the slasher with some supernatural. Whereas I am more of a paranormal guy, I love the idea of a portal to another world.
King Tuff discussed the influences behind his new album with BrooklynVegan
Ploughshares interviewed author Deesha Philyaw.
EG: Your dialogue is just brilliant, so chiseled to precision. I especially loved “Dear Sister.” It’s in epistolary form, but it’s like eavesdropping on a family cast of high-style trash talkers. Can you talk about your process and aims in crafting dialogue?
DP: My characters make it easy because they are women who don’t mince words. There were Black women from my childhood who had a rhythm. Even when we are stuck in horrible situations, we are the queens of the pithy phrase that gets to the heart of things. Like “I’ll make a way out of no way”—words that can change your life, that can set a tone that tells you exactly what’s going on. So, I have to credit the Black women I’ve always known. Before I was a Black woman I was listening to Black women. So, when I immersed myself in the scenes, I could hear my grandmother with the filter of all the church mothers I’ve ever heard and how they’d talk about girls they considered wayward. So, it was a chorus and yet a common judgmental thread of religion as a weapon, but phrased in the most beautiful language, loving and concerned, but still ultimately a harsh critique. It’s a reality of people who love you, but say things that can cut you to the quick.
Stream a new song by TOLEDO.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Miriam Darlington's book The Wise Hours: A Journey Into the Wild and Secret World of Owls.
Stream a new song by Heejin Jang.
The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed author Percival Everett.
Stream a new song by Purling Hiss.
Aquarium Drunkard shared remembrances of Tom Verlaine.
Stereogum interviewed Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan.
Stream a new song by Issei Herr.
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