Largehearted Boy

“In The Unfortunates, music is everywhere, appearing in Sahara’s playlists, song parodies, and track titles. Music helped me discover the novel’s experimental form, and when I needed to jog my memories, it transported me back to 2013, the year of the novel’s setting.”

“My novel Always Crashing in the Same Car imagines those last few months Bowie lived, working on his amazing final album Blackstar, even as it washes back and forth across his kaleidoscopically costumed life.”

“I wanted my book to be atmospheric—the Cold War is as much a mood as anything else. The tracks below are connected to Atomic Family in terms of both theme and ambiance. Some more overtly than others.”

“The coaches and athletes in my novel Bark On are charged off of noise rock and plucky folk guitars.”