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Karin Cecile Davidson’s Playlist for Her Story Collection “The Geography of First Kisses”

“In writing the fourteen stories of this collection, I hadn’t started out with music in mind; however, the songs kept showing up.”

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Sarah Cypher’s Playlist for Her Novel “The Skin and Its Girl”

“So much of the novel is a dance with queer vulnerability, outsized emotions, and the ways we shape ourselves around cultural taboos. Sometimes music is the only way to pierce through it all to find the quiet clarity in the center.”

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Jim Ruland’s Playlist for His Novel “Make It Stop”

“The music that informs Make It Stop is a mix of loud, edgy music from the late ’70s to the present day.”

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Donnaldson Brown’s Playlist for Her Novel “Because I Loved You”

“Music has always been a companion, and often an inspiration. As I was writing Because I Loved You, I discovered that most of the characters had their own soundtrack.”

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Julie Carrick Dalton’s Playlist for Her Novel “The Last Beekeeper”

“This playlist functions as a score for the movie version of The Last Beekeeper that I fantasize about.”

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