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Katherine Lin’s Playlist for Her Novel “You Can’t Stay Here Forever”

“I write best when listening to music.”

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Shorties (Ander Monson Interviewed, Mudhoney’s Steve Turner on His New Memoir, and more)

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Shorties (Christian Cooper on His New Memoir, An Interview with Meshell Ndegeocello, and more)

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Ken Sparling’s Playlist for His Novel “Not Anywhere, Just Not”

“Occasionally I hear a song that makes me irrationally optimistic. It’s like unexpectedly coming upon a transcendent piece of art in an unlikely area of the city.”

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Shorties (An Excerpt from Blake Butler’s Memoir, New Music from Lande Hekt, and more)

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Jon Michaud’s Playlist for His Book “Last Call at Coogan’s”

“Karaoke was first introduced at Coogan’s in the mid-1990s, and became a crucial outreach tool for the bar, drawing in members of the Washington Heights community who were initially skeptical of an Irish bar frequented by cops and politicians.”

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Shorties (Tess Gunty on Books and Reading, Jason Isbell Profiled, and more)

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Aaron Tucker’s Playlist for His Novel “Soldiers, Hunters, Not Cowboys”

“The second half of the novel is apocalyptic, swallowing Toronto, and the songs here could be playing in the protagonist’s headphones as he tries to traverse the city towards Melanie in a hero’s quest-turned-Revelation.”

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Shorties (Helen Schulman Interviewed about Her New Novel, New Music from Glasser, and more)

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Shorties (Emily Wells Interviewed about Her New Memoir, New Music from Ratboys, and more)

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