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]

"As a linguist myself, and a musician also, communication through music feels natural and necessary."

Nicole Nelson shared a playlist for her debut novel Family Language at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/2fU0USTasI

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"...it was so fun to retrofit the waypoints of Annie’s Roadshow journey with music."

Nikki Ervice shared a playlist for her amazing debut novel Roadshow at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/XUXfcEqD0V

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"...I’m a sucker for grainy old recordings that feel like they’re reaching through time. Both my novels reflect this core nostalgia."

Radhika Singh shared a playlist for her debut novel Earthly Playing Field at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/ACuxSKNXCJ

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I listen to music in a way that feels very utilitarian. I look for music that helps me do the work of excavating memories."

Truong Tran shared a playlist for his memoir How to Exi(s)t at Largehearted Bo https://t.co/z9RLFtN7Ni

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

“Each song is intended to reflect some element of the story with which it is paired. ”

Kathleen Furin shared a playlist for collection The Loneliness of Glass at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/EOvGHIXqWn

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"These are mostly crossover songs that enriched the novel, but also helped me feel less insane about my own circumstances so I could muster the energy and wherewithal to write.”

Rebecca Birrell shared a playlist for her debut novel Venus, Vanishing https://t.co/PM3wyBsovq

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"...fiction is either false or true. It depends on the depth of imagination and empathy..."

Emma Smith-Stevens shared a playlist for her story collection Greyhounds at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/PmbvMxUGgo

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

“Tamara loves the maudlin. Any song about death is all right by her.”

Kaaron Warren shared a playlist for her novella Going to Summertime at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/JvY38ApWf4

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"In the spirit of those long-ago music videos—alas, lost to history—I present an emotional road map of my novel..."

Devon Halliday shared a playlist for her debut novel To Stay, To Stay, To Stay at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/nK2pzb6ugS

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

“Like a great essayist, one called upon to balance research, memoir, and no small amount of fine art, Radiohead is a band of many talents…”

The editors' & contributors' of the The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing the Lyric Essay shared a playlist https://t.co/FWML8b3Y1D

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I rarely listen to music when I write. It distracts me from the rhythm and musicality I strive to build into prose. Plus, I have an internal playlist that rarely stops..."

Seth Fleisher shared a playlist for The Farther Shore https://t.co/Uy3eTssCPV

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Working in solitude, alone in a tiny closet, would have been maddening without music."

Matt Kish shared a playlist for his book Moby-Dick in Pictures at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/8e3YTD2HpC

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"World News from Waverley High is set against the backdrop of national unrest and some of the most vital music ever created."

Linda Kass shared a playlist for her novel World News from Waverley High at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/OFgJafBEMV

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I love the difference between authors who have favorite songs on deep background, giving them the feeling of their life...."

James Elkins shared a playlist for his novel Stories, Like Illnesses at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/0cnm788sSi

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Without music, this book wouldn’t exist. I’d just have a volcano, but with no place to put it."

Bradley Sides shared a playlist for his novella The Volcano Keeper at @largeheartedboy https://t.co/X3Rct6iP6a

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"One of my favorite scenes in the book shows Tom being so heartbroken by listening to this song that his wife realizes he is in love with someone else—the person who bought him the record."

Silas House shared a playlist for his novel The Tulip Poplars https://t.co/jgI6DFKxX4

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"Short stories and songs, especially pop songs, are very similar forms. Both are capable of structural perfection (unlike the novel, an essentially imperfectible form)."

Adam O'Fallon Price paired songs with short stories at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/3y08rStVLf

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"What’s reflected here is the music that first shaped me into a poet and songs that have specifically been in conversation with my six poetry collections as I was writing them."

Erin Belieu shared a playlist for her poetry collection Cocklebur https://t.co/fy6m95sPF4

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"I like a playlist that has a narrative shape."

Daniel Pope shared a playlist for his debut novel Go Help Yourself at Largehearted Boy https://t.co/bSmOdWtaIp

[David Gutowski @largeheartedboy]

"What is the sound of longing? Of taking a leap, which may look more like a fall? The music gathered here was playing in the background at some point when I wrote Blue Sunset."

Denise Rose Hansen shared a playlist for her debut novel Blue Sunset https://t.co/iawSYc2QRi