David Gutowski

I read and write and listen to music. LHB is my website. Words at @longreads, @mcsweeneys, @PBS,...

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

Today is @largeheartedboy's 21st birthday. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the site's success. Writers, musicians, booksellers, friends, readers, and publishers have all been essential parts of the books + music equation (that equals love) https://t.co/NKglegrwOG

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I make playlists for friends, family, moods, parties, road trips, and of course, I make them for my books. Nothing gets me into the world of a project faster than music."

Rowan Beaird shared a playlist for her novel Tenderness at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/6cSyeBTKxQ

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Included in this playlist are songs I was listening to while drafting The Moon Papers, as well as some lunar summer tunes the book evokes…."

Emmalea Russo shared a playlist for her novel The Moon Papers at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/IfharQ5rLO

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"As I fashioned these documents into a book, the music of that era played nonstop in my head, often intruding on the narrative."

Laura Kalpakian shared a playlist for her memoir Undesirable: The Vietnam War and a Father's Battle for Justice https://t.co/Ly9QhdQ8dv

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I wrote much of Whole, Holy, Hot to full albums set to play on repeat...I wanted to stay inside a single artistic world for a while..."

Chrissy Martin shared a playlist for her poetrycollection Whole, Holy, Hot at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/rKKOD05KzO

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"The following selections by contributors to Black Summers reflect that tension between sentimental longing and racial strife. Mostly, they land upon Black joy."

@Desiree Cooper and contributors shared a playlist for the anthology Black Summers https://t.co/a6F7l2eqTd

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"While I was writing Paradise Pawn, I made a playlist of songs that make me feel emotional about change for various reasons."

Meg Richardson shared a playlist for her debut novel Paradise Pawn at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/4sqK2f6gBC

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I often say that for indigenous peoples, the world ended once. We live on the other side of the apocalypse."

Nephi Craig shared a "Songs of Survivance" playlist for his memoir Our Knives Will Save Us at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/ScIISikIuk

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"…I want to highlight a particular type of Native American music. Tunes that are based in country, rock, or soul, not necessarily powwow or traditional..."

David Heska Wanbli Weiden shared a playlist for his novel Wisdom Corner at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/M7w4nmitb0

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"When I was young, I used to play three or four albums in a row at top volume and sing along, also at top volume, to get out of my own head."

Kate Christensen shared a playlist for her novel Good Company at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/CbjEuqBJZs

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"These songs and pieces reflect some of the themes, moods and ideas the book and its heroine are grappling with as the day spirals beyond her control."

Lisa Owens shared a playlist for her novel Natural Disaster at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/asnZDYqYS2

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I’ve found that music is one sure way for me to float across realities, to believe what my characters believe..."

'Pemi Aguda shared a playlist for her debut novel One Leg on Earth at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/s7AOwY9l2b

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"My fifth novel, Man Overboard!, is a dark comedy—kind of a beach read about a guy who has no beach."

Kathleen Rooney shared a playlist for her novel Man Overboard! at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/BWCFcWGfzO

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

“I try to craft everything I write for the ear as well as the eye, and the music playing while I edit shapes the rhythm of the text.”

Colin Asher shared a playlist for his book The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of American Music at https://t.co/Fzmenz7LdF

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"If I’m honest, I probably started writing around the same time I accepted that I couldn’t sing and would never be more than a noodler on the guitar."

Kevin Powers shared a playlist for his novel Children of the Wild at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/m5RYsuGdR4

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"When I lived in Austin, Texas, two things shaped the hours beyond my writing desk: books and music."

Jules Wernersbach shared a playlist for their novel Work to Do at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/jerEFrpLHr

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Here are thirteen tracks, set to Sourland’s ebbs and flows of love, loss, redemption, and weed."

Ariel Delgado Dixon shared a playlist for her novel Sourland at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/3Ke8PJlU7F

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"The songs I’ve chosen are those which I’ve imagined appearing on a fantasy soundtrack for an imagine film about Carlos Castaneda..."

Ru Marshall shared a playlist for their book American Trickster at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/VPKOr1thy9

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"When I was writing The Endling, music was such a significant part of the process. I used it to get a sense of the culture I was depicting..."

Keely Jobe shared a playlist for her debut novel The Endling at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/qetTqENw6N

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Because the book is about ancestors, I needed music that had a certain ritual vibe to it."

Eleni Sikelianos shared a playlist for her memoir Memory Rehearsal at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/pcghin6PHf

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I build the playlist to set mood, to create a headspace where my characters can swim and dance and fight and do all the things complex characters do."

Susan Donovan Bernhard shared a playlist for her novel Westerly at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/12hWZsLYH5