Largehearted Boy Weekly Wrap-Up – December 9, 2012

Posted in Pop Literature on December 10th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Brett Hartman for his novel Cadillac Chronicles
Stephanie LaCava for her memoir An Extraordinary Theory of Objects
Susannah Cahalan for her memoir Brain on Fire
Tony Fletcher for his book A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths

Lists:

Online “Best of 2012″ Book Lists
daily updates to the Online “Best Books of 2012″ Lists
Online “Best of 2012″ Music Lists
daily updates to the Online “Best Music of 2012″ Lists

my favorite graphic novels of 2012
my favorite nonfiction books of 2012
my favorite novels of 2012
my favorite short story collections of 2012

Contests:

Win Brad Tolinski’s new book Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page and a 0 Threadless gift certificate this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama


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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – November 11, 2012

Posted in Pop Literature on November 12th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Barbara Shoup for her novel An American Tune
Ben Masters for his novel Noughties
Nick Harkaway for his novel Angelmaker
Peter Geye for his novel The Lighthouse Road
Richard Kramer for his novel These Things Happen
Sadie Stein for the anthology Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story

Lists:

Online “Best of 2012″ Book Lists
daily updates to the Online “Best Books of 2012″ Lists

Contests:

Win Chris Ware’s new comic collection Building Stories and a 0 Threadless gift certificate this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – October 14, 2012

Posted in Pop Literature on October 15th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Amber Sparks for her short story collection May We Shed These Human Bodies
Andrew Cotto for his novel Outerborough Blues
David Menconi for his book Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown
Don Bajema fpr his short story collection Winged Shoes and a Shield
Richard Beard for his novel Lazarus Is Dead
Sister Spit for their anthology Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road

Contests:

Win four of my favorite 2012 books and a 0 Threadless gift certificate this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – September 30th

Posted in Pop Literature on September 30th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Antoine Wilson for his novel Panorama City
Cynthia Carr for her book Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz
Josh Garrett-Davis for his essay collection The Vanishing Act
Mette Jakobsen for her novel The Vanishing Act
Robert Anasi for his memoir The Last Bohemia: Scenes from the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sharma Shields for her short story collection Favorite Monster

Contests:

Win Neil Young’s new memoir Waging Heavy Peace and a 0 Threadless gift certificate this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – September 16th

Posted in Pop Literature on September 16th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Amy Leach for her essay collection Things That Are
Gwenda Bond for her novel Blackwood
John Reed for his novel Snowball’s Chance
Kathleen Alcott for her novel The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets
Mat Johnson for his novel Pym
Tim Kreider for his essay collection We Learned Nothing

Contests:

Win two Michael Chabon’s new novel Telegraph Avenue and a 0 Threadless gift certificate this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – August 19th

Posted in Pop Literature on August 20th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Adam Braver for his novel Misfit
Emily Perkins for her novel The Forrests
Leigh Stein for her poetry collection Dispatch from the Future
Matthew Parker for his graphic novel Larceny in My Blood
Miranda Mellis for her novella The Spokes
Pauls Toutonghi for his novel Evel Knievel Days
Selma Dabbagh for her novel Out of It

Contests:

Win all six books featured in this week’s Book Notes feature and a 0 this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – July 29th

Posted in Pop Literature on July 30th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Colin Dickey for his book Afterlives of the Saints
Gina Apostol for her novel Gun Dealers’ Daughter
Joe Oestreich for his memoir Hitless Wonder
Michael Jeffrey Lee for his short story collection Something in My Eye
Nichole Bernier for her novel The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.
Pauline Chen for her novel The Red Chamber
Tim Horvath for his short story collection Understories

Contests:

Win six books featured next week in the Book Notes music playlist essay series and a 0 this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – July 1st

Posted in Pop Literature on July 2nd, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Anakana Schofield for her novel Malarky
Colleen Mondor for her memoir The Map of My Dead Pilots
David Yoo for his essay collection The Choke Artist
Janet Groth for her memoir The Receptionist
Larry Tye for his book Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Superhero
Ralph Pezzullo for his novel Hunt the Wolf

Contests:

Win the debut novels Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl and a 0 Threadless gift certificate in this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – June 24th

Posted in Pop Literature on June 25th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Alexi Zentner for his novel Touch
Aria Minu-Sepehr for his memoir We Heard the Heavens Then: A Memoir of Iran
Christopher Coake for his novel You Came Back
G. Willow Wilson for her novel Alif the Unseen
James Conway for his novel The Last Trade

Contests:

Win the debut novels Karen Thompson’s The Age of Miracles, Carol Rifka Brunt’s Thell the Wolves I’m Home and a 0 Threadless gift certificate in this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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LHB Weekly Wrap-Up – May 6th

Posted in Pop Literature on May 7th, 2012 by Admin

A list of the past week’s Largehearted Boy features:

Book Notes: (authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates to their book)

Brandon W. Jones for his novel All Woman and Springtime
Dylan Hicks for his novel Boarded Windows
Lisa Brackmann for her novel Getaway
Simon Mawer for his novel Trapeze

Interviews (musicians interview authors and vice versa)

Matthew Friedberger of the Fiery Furnaces interviews author/musician Dylan Hicks

Contests:

Win Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel Are You My Mother? and a 0 Threadless Gift Certificate in this week’s Largehearted Boy contest.

Weekly New Book Recommendations:

Atomic Books Comics Preview (recommended new comics and graphic novels)
Largehearted Word (recommended new books)

New Music Recommendations:

Try It Before You Buy It (full album streams and mp3s from this week’s music releases)
The Week’s Interesting Music Releases

New DVD recommendations:

The Week’s Interesting DVD Releases

And of course, the daily music and news posts:

Daily Downloads (10 free and legal mp3 downloads every day, plus links to free live recordings online)
Shorties (news & links from the worlds of music, books, and pop culture)

also at Largehearted Boy:

100 Online Sources for Free and Legal Music Downloads
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines
Atomic Books Comics Preview
Book Notes
Book Reviews
Contests / Giveaways
Daily Downloads
Largehearted Word
Lists
music & DVD release lists
musician/author Interviews
Note Books
Soundtracked
Try It Before You Buy It
Why Obama




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