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June 5, 2019
Shorties (Tommy Orange on Books and Reading, Musicians Who Use Artificial Intelligence to Make Music, and more)
Tommy Orange talked books and reading with the Guardian.
SPIN examined musical artists' use of artificial intelligence to expand their sound.
eBook on sale for $2.99 today:
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Stream a new sing by Jay Som.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, BuzzFeed and NOW Toronto recommended summer books.
Paste listed 2019's essential punk albums so far.
The 2019 Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced.
Stream a new song by Automatic.
Amanda Montell discussed her book, Wordslut, with Paste.
Jim DeRogatis discussed his book, Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly, with Fresh Air.
Vulture, Cosmopolitan, Passport, and Refinery29 recommended June's best books.
Stream a new Fruit Bats song.
The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly listed the best books of 2019 (so far).
PopMatters examined covers performed by the Lemonheads.
Queer authors recommended the best LGBT books at Oprah Magazine.
Billboard recommended essential soundtracks from LGBT movies.
The Oregonian profiled the Tin House literary journal, which recently published its last print issue.
Stream a new Ty Segall song.
The Creative Independent interviewed author Juliet Escoria.
Stream a new Lloyd Cole song.
The New Yorker reviewed one of my favorite books of the year, Esmé Weijun Wang's essay collectionThe Collected Schizophrenias.
Turntable Kitchen offers a vinyl and coffee subscription service.
Literary Hub recommended the week's best new books.
Grouper's Liz harris discussed her new project, Nivhek, with The Quietus.
Japan Times interviewed author Haruki Murakami.
Maria Kuznetsova discussed her debut novel, Oksana, Behave!, with Bookforum.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Jill Lepore's new book, This America: The Case for the Nation.
Literary Hub interviewed author Mitchell S. Jackson.
Book Riot shared a Pride reading list.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Alix Ohlin's new novel, Dual Citizens.
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous Shorties posts (daily news and links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (the week's best new comics and graphic novels)
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (recommended new books, magazines, and comics)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
weekly music release lists
