In the Largehearted Word series, the staff of Brooklyn's WORD bookstore highlights several new books released this week. WORD is an independent neighborhood bookstore in Greenpoint, the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn, that recently celebrated its sixth anniversary. Our primary goal is to be whatever our community needs us to be, which currently means carrying a lot of paperback fiction (especially classics), cookbooks, board books, and absurdly cute cards and stationery. In addition, we're fiends for a good event, from the classic author reading and Q&A to potlucks and [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: AfterParty : "Jungle Dreams" [mp3] The Boxing Lesson : "The Eastside Possibilities" [mp3] from Big Hits CREEP : "Introduction" [mp3] from Echoes [...]
The Awl interviews the creators of Moby Dick: Or The Card Game (a card game). The gameplay is totally brutal. Characters are constantly dying, which is frustrating but I suppose pretty consistent with the reality of whaling? Joel: There are highs and lows. That's one thing I love about it. It really is fateful. There are times when you are riding high and nothing can stop you, but then in the blink of an eye, you're so low. But then you're back again. It swings violently. It really is life on [...]
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 Bret Easton Ellis , Kate Christensen , Kevin Brockmeier , George Pelecanos , Dana Spiotta , Amy Bloom , Aimee Bender , Myla Goldberg , Heidi Julavits , Hari Kunzru , and many others. Julie Wu's compelling debut novel The Third Son works on many levels, as immigration tale, historical fiction, and pitch perfect love [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from the week's music releases : Adventure: Weird Work Adventure: "Laser Blast" [mp3] Alessi's Ark: Still Life full album stream [...]
Art Works has state poet laureates cite the importance of memorizing and reciting poetry . NPR is streaming the new She and Him album , Volume 3 (out ). The Other People podcast interviews author Tupelo Hassman . Nick Drake's producer Joe Boyd talks to Rolling Stone about the singer-songwriter's legacy. [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Churches : free and legal (name your price) HANGAR EP [mp3] Electrician : "The Ground Moves" [mp3] Jillette Johnson : free and legal Whiskey and [...]
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 Bret Easton Ellis , Kate Christensen , Kevin Brockmeier , George Pelecanos , Dana Spiotta , Amy Bloom , Aimee Bender , Myla Goldberg , Heidi Julavits , Hari Kunzru , and many others. Toure once again proves himself one of our most astute cultural critics with his latest book, I Would Die 4 U . [...]
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 Bret Easton Ellis , Kate Christensen , Kevin Brockmeier , George Pelecanos , Dana Spiotta , Amy Bloom , Aimee Bender , Myla Goldberg , Heidi Julavits , Hari Kunzru , and many others. Toure once again proves himself one of our most astute cultural critics with his latest book, I Would Die 4 U . [...]
!!!'s THR!!!ER , Daughter's If You Leave , The Melvins' covers album Everybody Loves Sausages , Ola Podrida's Ghosts Go Blind , and Mark Kozelek and Jimmy Lavalle's collaborative album Perils From the Sea are all new albums I can recommend this week. What new releases are you picking up this week? What can you recommend? Have I left anything noteworthy off the list? This week's interesting music [...]
Silver Linings Playbook (adapted from Matthew Quick's novel of the same name ), which garnered Jennifer Lawrence an Academy Award for best actress, is out tomorrow. The documentary Vito profiles gay rights activist Vito Russo, and Crazy Wisdom examines the introduction of Buddhism in America. Bargain Blu-ray editions of seven Star Trek movies are also out this week. What new releases are you picking up or adding to your streaming [...]
The Guardian profiles author Lauren Beukes . "She looks angelic. Appearances can be deceptive. This is South African author Lauren Beukes, and she's written a brilliant but brutal sci-fi thriller about a time-travelling serial killer. It should be the book of the summer." Amanda Palmer has offered to help crowdsource Morrissey's next album . Author Amy Shearn interviews herself at The Nervous Breakdown . [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Ben and the Sea : free and legal Wood and Stone EP [mp3] Coloured Clocks : "Maze" [mp3] from Nectarine Forget Your Friends : [...]
A list of the past week's Largehearted Boy features: Book Notes : (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book) Amit Majmudar for his novel The Abundance Blake Bailey for his book Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of Charles Jackson James Kelman for his novel Mo Said She Was Quirky [...]
At the Guardian, six novelists (including Kazuo Ishiguro and Colm Toibin) discuss their second favorite artform . The Oxford American remembers George Jones with a selection of the country legend's songs. SPIN lists his 15 greatest songs . The Guardian lists the top 10 books about cities . Talib Kweli talks old school hip-hop with All Things Considered. [...]
George Jones passed away this week, a man considered by many to be the greatest male country music singer of all time. For a chance at winning his autobiography and a $100 Threadless gift certificate, leave a comment with the name of your favorite country song. In honor of "No Show Jones," I'd have to choose his "He Stopped Loving Her Today." One winner, chosen randomly from the commenters, will receive the following prizes: George Jones' autobiography I Lived to Tell It All [...]
The American Prospect explores the noir fiction of the American Midwest . There's a long tradition of shotguns and spare-prose fiction depicting America's working class, and right now the Midwest is having a literary moment. Dennis Lehane, who anchors his crime novels in Boston, once told an interviewer that "in Greek tragedy they fall from great heights. In noir they fall from the curb." In books by a small but growing number of authors—besides Bill, Donald Ray Pollock (Ohio), Bonnie Jo Campbell (Michigan), Alan Heathcock (Illinois)—there are no curbs. The roads are gravel and dirt, [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Akron/Family : 2013-04-20, Montreal [mp3,ogg,flac] Akron/Family: "Holy Boredom" [mp3] Dawes : 2011-03-03, Boston [mp3,ogg,flac] Dawes: "My Girl to Me" [mp3] Dead Confederate : [...]
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 Bret Easton Ellis , Kate Christensen , Kevin Brockmeier , George Pelecanos , Dana Spiotta , Amy Bloom , Aimee Bender , Myla Goldberg , Heidi Julavits , Hari Kunzru , and many others. Blake Bailey once again proves himself as our preeminent literary biographer with Farther and Wilder: The Lost Weekends and Literary Dreams of [...]
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