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October 17, 2019
Shorties (A Conversation Between Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Strout, The Best New Bands of 2019, and more)
Entertainment Weekly shared a conversation between authors Ann Patchett and Elizabeth Strout.
Stereogum listed the best new bands of 2019.
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The Current shared video of a recent Sleater-Kinney live show.
The Oxford American shared a new story by Kevin Brockmeier.
Paste profiled San Fermin's Ellis Ludwig-Leone.
Ludwig-Leone achieves the eerie atmosphere of a dream world not with sound effects but with traditional instruments combined in unusual ways. A baritone sax may roar against piano triplets; a violin may dance above a rock rhythm guitar; stacked vocals may hold a chord while the synthesizer shifts the harmony below. The lyrics evoke a strange world not with lazy vagueness but with specific images that provide enough of the picture for us to fill in the rest.
The Philadelphia Inquirer previewed October's best cookbooks.
Singer-songwriter Amy Rigby discussed her memoir Girl To City with the Pittsburgh City Paper.
Ronan Farrow discussed is new book Catch and Kill with Fresh Air.
Stream a new song by Bonny Light Horseman, a new band featuring Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats) and Josh Kaufman (Craig Finn, Josh Ritter, The National).
Literary Hub and Longreads interviewed author Deborah Levy.
Baby raves for toddlers are the next big thing in the Bay Area.
The London Review of Books shared an excerpt from Anne Carson's Norma Jeane Baker of Troy (a translation of Euripides’ Helen).
Rolling Stone listed the best songs that feature whistling.
Granta recommended online essays by Rebecca Solnit.
American Songwriter wrapped up its countdown of the top 20 Beatles songs.
Author Reginald Dwayne Betts talked food with Entropy.
Talib Qweli recommended books to overcome adversity.
Paul Tremblay recommended horror books at the Observer.
Stream a new sing by Brian Eno and Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Literary Hub shared a story from Benjamin Percy's new collection Suicide Woods.
Stream a new Pendant song.
The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed author Ali
Stream a new song by the Mountain Goats.
The Chicago Review of Books interviewed author Lisa Lutz.
Stream a new Wolf Parade song.
Literary Hub shared an excerpt from David Heatley's graphic memoir Qualification.
Stream a new song by Otha.
Electric Literature interviewed author Rion Amilcar Scott.
Stream a new song by Sudan Archives.
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
