For Largehearted Boy’s Book Notes series, I created and discussed the music playlist behind Precious Ugly.
“In Precious Ugly I needed to build a music bubble around my character, Clementine—thirteen, pregnant and living in a conversion van on a campsite with her mother and father, an abusive alcoholic who fancies himself a miracle worker, a cult leader.”
“Rae Cline’s novel Precious Ugly may be the year’s most powerful debut…” — Largehearted Boy
In the Book Notes series, previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others.
So much gratitude to Largehearted Boy. Read the essay and listen to the playlist.