Alicia Kennedy’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Book On Eating
Alicia Kennedy, author of the food memoir On Eating, has contributed to Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series by releasing a curated music playlist that accompanies her book. The playlist contains 75 songs, with 11 highlighted tracks that correspond to key moments in her life and the memoir’s themes. Kennedy explains how each song adds subtext to topics ranging from childhood concerts to climate‑change concerns. The initiative follows a tradition of authors such as Jesmyn Ward and Roxane Gay pairing literature with music.
Anna Badkhen’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Essay Collection To See Beyond
Anna Badkhen’s new essay collection *To See Beyond* is accompanied by a curated music playlist that mirrors each essay’s themes of survival, hope, and resistance. The playlist features tracks ranging from Dezron Douglas’s jazz piece “Atalaya” to Alice Coltrane’s spiritual compositions,...
James Ciano’s Book Notes Music Playlist for His Poetry Collection The Committee of Men
James Ciano’s debut poetry collection, The Committee of Men, examines toxic masculinity and masculine identity through stark, personal verse. The Largehearted Boy “Book Notes” series lets authors pair their work with a curated music playlist, and Ciano selected nine songs...
Candice Wuehle’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel Ultranatural
Candice Wuehle joined Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series, pairing her novel Ultranatural with a curated music playlist that spans classic rock to early‑2000s pop. The playlist—featuring Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Britney Spears and others—mirrors the book’s exploration of labor, fame, and the...
Helen Benedict’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel The Soldier’s House
Helen Benedict’s latest novel, The Soldier’s House, explores the lives of Iraqi refugees resettled with American veterans in upstate New York, seven years after the 2003 Iraq invasion. In the Largehearted Boy “Book Notes” series, Benedict pairs the story with a...
Pamela Ryder’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him
Pamela Ryder joined the Largehearted Boy “Book Notes” series, releasing a curated music playlist to accompany her novel Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him, a revisionist retelling of Billy the Kid. The playlist spotlights Clint Eastwood’s “Claudia’s Theme” from Unforgiven and other evocative...
Morgan Day’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel The Oldest Bitch Alive
Morgan Day joined Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series to share a curated music playlist that inspired her debut novel, The Oldest Bitch Alive. The novel, praised by Kirkus as an ambitious, commanding debut, explores life from the perspective of a...
Stephanie Weaver’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Memoir Bitter, Sweet
Stephanie Weaver’s memoir "Bitter, Sweet" explores childhood sexual abuse, chronic illness, and the long road to forgiveness. As part of Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series, she curated a 29‑song playlist that mirrors key moments from her 1990‑1999 life timeline. Each...
Matthew Pitt’s Book Notes Music Playlist for His Novel Tear Here
Matthew Pitt contributed to the Largehearted Boy “Book Notes” series by releasing a curated music playlist that accompanies his debut novel Tear Here. The playlist is divided into six phases that parallel the fictional band’s evolution within the story, featuring...
Wayne Koestenbaum’s Book Notes Music Playlist for His Novel My Lover, the Rabbi
Wayne Koestenbaum’s latest novel, My Lover, the Rabbi, is accompanied by a curated “Book Notes” music playlist that reflects the work’s musical structure and queer themes. In the playlist, Koestenbaum cites pieces ranging from Messiaen’s bird‑song piano to Sondheim’s Company,...
Jan Saenz’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel 200 Monas
Jan Saenz joins the Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series by releasing a Spotify playlist that accompanies her debut novel 200 Monas. The novel follows Arvy, a young woman with 48 hours to sell 200 doses of a pleasure‑inducing drug, while exploring grief, sexuality and...
Timothy J. Hillegonds’s Book Notes Music Playlist for His Memoir And You Will Call It Fate
Timothy J. Hillegonds joins the Largehearted Boy "Book Notes" series, pairing his memoir And You Will Call It Fate with a personal soundtrack. The playlist spans Chicago house, Eminem, Creedence, Robin Thicke, Drake, and Anthony Hamilton, each linked to pivotal...
Kim Fu’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Their Novel The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts
Kim Fu has joined Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series by publishing a curated music playlist that mirrors the mood of their 2025 novel The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts. The novel, described by Publishers Weekly as an "alluring" portrait of mental...
Sarah Bruni’s Book Notes Music Playlist for Her Novel Mass Mothering
Sarah Bruni contributed to Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series by sharing a curated music playlist that accompanies her novel Mass Mothering. The novel, praised by Kirkus for its fragmented, prismatic take on motherhood amid political turmoil, weaves together stories set...
Ron Pullins’s Book Notes Music Playlist for His Novel Dollartorium
Ron Pullins, author of the satirical novel Dollartorium, contributed to Largehearted Boy’s “Book Notes” series by releasing a curated music playlist that mirrors his book’s themes. The 14‑track list spans country blues, 1970s protest songs, and contemporary pop, each chosen to...