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“…the songs on this list serve mainly as inspirations, either directly or indirectly, for my writing, influencing my worldview, my emotional state, my understanding of art.”
Daily book & music news & links
“I’ve often tried to keep music out of my personal essays and fiction. Music is a big part of my life, and I always worry that if I let it in it’ll just take over.”
Daily book & music news & links
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. After finishing Johanna Hedva’s Your Love is Not […]
Daily book & music news & links
“I found myself gravitating towards pieces that were tense, atmospheric, inspiring, fitting with the mood of scientific discovery and the Gothic setting of the novel…”
Daily book & music news & links
“While my book Arrangements in Blue is infused by the music of Joni Mitchell, and specifically her album Blue, many other songs feature. I suppose this is because I am highly susceptible to dramatising my life – set dressing and soundtracking the big and small moments of it.”