I read and write and listen to music. A lot. Mostly in Brooklyn. Largehearted Boy is my website.https://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwwh3xv7os2u"Pierre Rousseau felt like a great opener to set the tone of this playlist, capturing the strange etherealness I hope my pen achieved with The Tumor in The Clay." Nick Francis shared a playlist for his graphic novel The Tumor in the Clay at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/02/nick-franciss-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-graphic-novel-the-tumor-in-the-clay/02 Oct 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwh3xv7os2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwtwx7nac22q"This soundtrack is like my brain - soft, loud, quiet, and cheerful. Pour yourself a cup of chai as you take a listen." Chital Mehta shared a playlist for her debut novel Have You Seen Romit? at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/01/chital-mehtas-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-have-you-seen-romit/01 Oct 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtwx7nac22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwrcuyh7zc2n"Assembled Audience is a book I wrote over four years from 2019 to 2024, about the ways people gather together..." Erika Meitner shared a playlist for her poetry collection Assembled Audience https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/30/erika-meitners-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-poetry-collection-assembled-audience/30 Sep 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrcuyh7zc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwnjhrl7cs2o"The book is definitely setting-dependent, so it made sense to create a playlist that draws on the rich musical traditions of Alabama and the Appalachian mountains." Scott Gould shared a playlist for his novel Beneath a Fallen Sky at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/29/scott-goulds-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-beneath-a-fallen-sky/29 Sep 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnjhrl7cs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwmbocgua22q“I may not mention songs or cite catchy pop lyrics in the story, but the book references so many places specific to musical life in the Bay Area...” Tomas Moniz shared a playlist for his novel The King of Aloe Vera at Largehearted Boy. https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/28/tomas-monizs-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-the-king-of-aloe-vera/28 Sep 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwmbocgua22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwjwyhwlqk2w"New Skin is so demented, and so is Mr. Bungle." Sarah Wang shared a playlist for her debut novel New Skin at Largehearted Boy. https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/27/sarah-wangs-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-new-skin/27 Sep 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwjwyhwlqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwdpltpfws2c"Music is core to this novel, and although I mostly listen to ambient music while writing, these are the songs that make up its DNA, freckled with nostalgia but facing the future." Ankur Thakkar shared a playlist for his novel Blow Yourself Up at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/25/ankur-thakkars-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-blow-yourself-up/25 Sep 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwdpltpfws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwcbddtxz22n"Many traditional lullabies used scary elements to make sure children stayed safe and still in bed. It is an interesting combination of comforting and frightening." Regina McBride shared a playlist for her novel Stranger From Across the Sea at Largehearted Boy. https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/24/regina-mcbrides-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-the-white-deer/24 Sep 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcbddtxz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mwb4inv5oc2d"What does madness sound like?" Jody Chan shared a playlist for their poetry collection Madness Belongs to the People at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/24/jody-chans-book-notes-music-playlist-for-their-poetry-collection-madness-belongs-to-the-people/24 Sep 2026 11:08 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb4inv5oc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mw7iainpl22e"In putting together my playlist, I wanted to give a sample of some of my favorite ghostly music." May-Lee Chai shared a playlist for her essay collection My Hungry Ghosts at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/23/may-lee-chais-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-essay-collection-my-hungry-ghosts/23 Sep 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7iainpl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mw5b5yyrns2t"My new novel, Incarnate, is story about a Faustian bargain made by a young woman who wants to be a breakout success on social media." Alma Katsu shared a playlist for her novel Incarnate at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/22/alma-katsus-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-incarnate/22 Sep 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5b5yyrns2thttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mw56xocyfc2q"Here are songs for haunted houses and ruined gardens and endless afternoons." Norah Labiner shared a playlist for her novel Morocco at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/22/norah-labiners-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-morocco/22 Sep 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw56xocyfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvzfkmluzs2i"So much of the process of writing this book occurred in silence, and yet, I always longed to evoke a sense of the soundscape of the asylum.” Doireann Ní Ghríofa shared a playlist for her novel Said the Dead at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/21/doireann-ni-ghriofas-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-said-the-dead/21 Sep 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzfkmluzs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvt5vqtezc2k"The frontier is an imaginary place and always has been, a fact that allowed what I listened to while writing Observer to be as wide-ranging as the people in the American West." Nicholas Russell shared a playlist for his debut novel Observer at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/18/nicholas-russells-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-observer/18 Sep 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5vqtezc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvqpdndots2p“I’m very feeling-centered in my work; you could call me a largehearted girl.” Isabelle Correa shared a playlist for her poetry collection Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It at Largehearted Boy. https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/17/isabelle-correas-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-poetry-collection-portrait-of-a-person-who-pushes-love-away-in-fear-of-losing-it/17 Sep 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqpdndots2phttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvlrk27m3s2e"...this playlist is a direct reflection of what I was forced to listen to during some of the most impressionable years of my life." Genevieve Plunkett shared a playlist for one of the year’s most impressive debut novels, The Lonely Girl's Vegetable Patch https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/15/genevieve-plunketts-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-the-lonely-girls-vegetable-patch/15 Sep 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlrk27m3s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvlo3sp3dk25"...the book has lightness, too, because darkness and misery can be funny if you look for it, and because childhood is strange and magical and incomprehensible." Brittany Perham shared a playlist for her memoir Executrix at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/15/brittany-perhams-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-memoir-executrix/15 Sep 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlo3sp3dk25https://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvljyh6h222u“You’ll find the playlist touches grief but doesn’t stay there…” Nina Schuyler shared a playlist for her novel Open the Floodgates at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/15/nina-schuylers-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-open-the-floodgates/15 Sep 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvljyh6h222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvkct6oecc2e“Music, like writing, has helped me come to terms with the fact that pathology is what I make of it.” Matthew Wong Foreman shared a music playlist for his debut novel Sunset at Lion Rock at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/15/matthew-wong-foremans-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-sunset-at-lion-rock/15 Sep 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkct6oecc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mvhshpvqwk2e"The revised playlist succinctly reflects the heart of my novel—two women overcoming angst and striving toward hope with a heavy helping of family drama." Erin Miller Reid shared a playlist for her debut novel But for Fortune at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/14/erin-miller-reids-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-but-for-fortune/14 Sep 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhshpvqwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mv4kyq7fss27"In my novel, pop culture proves to be diabolical, but not so with these songs." Camille Acker shared a playlist for her debut novel A Very Special Episode at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/09/camille-ackers-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-a-very-special-episode/09 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4kyq7fss27https://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mv3adldgc22o"My playlist is comprised of songs that soundtrack the ATLien’s journey, but also the seven years I spent writing the rest of the book..." Marcus Wicker shared a playlist for his poetry collection Dear Mothership at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/09/marcus-wickers-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-poetry-collection-dear-mothership/09 Sep 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3adldgc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3muyq2euxns2w"Perhaps because at my core I am a musician and a former performing pianist who became a critic and author, I almost never listen to music when I’m writing. Music is too powerful for me." Anthony Tommasini shared a playlist for his book Voice of a Century https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/08/anthony-tommasinis-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-book-voice-of-a-century/08 Sep 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyq2euxns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mupoyxglqs2z"Considering the role of jazz in noir, I thought to move beyond superficial aesthetic and make the genius of John Coltrane the structural engine of my protagonist’s entire world" Andre Hardy shared a playlist for his novel Tear the City Down at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/04/andre-hardys-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-novel-tear-the-city-down/04 Sep 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupoyxglqs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mulfxocbl22k"One of my favourite writers is Joni Mitchell. Every line is magnificent. Lay back in the darkness of the dock, and let the words spill over you." Laurie Petrou shared a playlist for her novel The Rayburn Affair at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/03/laurie-petrous-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-the-rayburn-affair/03 Sep 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulfxocbl22khttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mujn537mwc2l“Yearn, baby, yearn. I wanted to make a playlist that wandered alongside my book.” Hieu Minh Nguyen shared a playlist for his poetry collection Staying Still at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/02/hieu-minh-nguyens-book-notes-music-playlist-for-his-poetry-collection-staying-still/02 Sep 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujn537mwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mug6vsjj6k2p"This book is about continuing a relationship after death, about staying in conversation with someone who is no longer alive." Emerson Whitney shared a playlist for their memoir O Mother at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/09/01/emerson-whitneys-book-notes-music-playlist-for-their-memoir-o-mother/01 Sep 2026 00:44 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mug6vsjj6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3muemmlqgy22o"What compositions might channel new kind of literary mystery where the investigator is not a detective but a sound scientist?" Eugen Bacon shared a playlist for her novel Crimson in Quietus at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/31/eugen-bacons-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-crimson-in-quietus/31 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3muemmlqgy22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mtowkhw3o22p“Music, like literature, is a form of translation – it takes the roiling surge of feeling in the human breast and converts it into sound.” Katy Simpson Smith shared a playlist for her novel The Maltese Version at Largehearted Boy. https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/22/katy-simpson-smiths-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-the-maltese-version/22 Aug 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtowkhw3o22phttps://bsky.app/profile/largeheartedboy.bsky.social/post/3mtiww7v33c2j"In the canon of art by immigrant daughters trying their best to be worthy of love, Mitski’s 'Best American Girl' is a crown jewel..." Malavika Kannan shared a playlist for her debut novel Unprecedented Times at Largehearted Boy https://largeheartedboy.com/2026/08/20/malavika-kannans-book-notes-music-playlist-for-her-novel-unprecedented-times/20 Aug 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:zhkt6sdc35bpepynhts66ned/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiww7v33c2j