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Join NOW!At Largehearted Boy, essayist, literary experimentalist, and scholar Mary Capello shares an annotated playlist for her new essay collection, Life Breaks In (University of Chicago Press). She describes mood as the “companion and muse” for her writing: If there is one subject under the sun that defies our ordering systems even as it tempts us […]
...moreWhen I’m deep in writing a novel, pretty much every song on the radio or on my phone reminds me of someone from that particular book. Here are some of the ones that consistently came up as embodying certain characters and their situations… Gina Frangello shares a soundtrack for her new novel, Every Kind of Wanting […]
...moreAs it turns out, Aleksandar Hemon jams out to D’angelo, Grimes, and Fela Kuti; for the rest of the tunes the writer put on his playlist for The Making of Zombie Wars, head over to Largehearted Boy.
...moreOn the heels of her debut novel, Rumpus Essays Editors Roxanne Gay has created a playlist for the book over at Largehearted Boy. According to Gay, An Untamed State took its cues from Kate Bush, The Talking Heads, and a generous helping of Peter Gabriel: Writing An Untamed State was an intense experience because there is so […]
...moreIn Largehearted Boy’s “Cross-Media Cultural Exchange Program” series, author Emma Rathbone interviews musician Adam Brock. The two discuss gracing a podium as an author versus taking the stage as a musician, writing lyrics versus fiction, and top secret current projects.
...moreAn emerging movement seeks to orient suburbs around farms rather than golf courses. “According [to] the American Farmland Trust, more than 6 million acres of agricultural land in the United States were lost to development between 1992 and 1997 alone. Consider that many of those acres were lost to developments that never saw the light […]
...moreWhat is the problem with the representation of women in fantasy? This piece addresses the question, pointing to the lack of fantasy stories that reflect our basic contemporary understanding of history: that women have had agency despite limiting factors, and “that women were rarely only defined by their relationships with men in the way that […]
...moreAnother Hunter S. Thompson correspondence has come to light. This time: a rejection letter. It is chock full off disdain and aggression that will no doubt make you curious about the original piece, which was sent to Rolling Stone in 1971. And luckily, you can. Oh, and, “P.S. Keep up the good work. Have a […]
...moreBringing together different artistic domains, authors merge and connect music with their words on the Book Notes series, featured on largehearted boy. Featured now is the playlist Reif Larsen created for his debut novel The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet. Which music would you choose for a “very American story” that tells the “traditional coming-of-age, […]
...more“The impressive writing makes The Rumpus stand out. Rick Moody’s Swinging Modern Sounds column matches up against any music blog, and its staff and roster of contributing authors always come through with insightful commentary, regardless of the topic. Books, comics, music, art, film, politics, sex… The Rumpus covers them all with an equal degree of […]
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