August 4th, 2011

I created a story-by-story Spotify playlist to go with my short story collection Why They Cried. Here are the tracks:

  1. “Can Your Pussy Do the Dog?” by The Cramps
  2. “Left of the Dial” by The Replacements
  3. “Comfort Eagle” by Cake
  4. “Los Angeles” by X
  5. “Simon (The Bird with the Candy Bar Head)” by Elf Power
  6. “All Sewn Up” by Lucero
  7. “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel
  8. “Everyday is Halloween” by Ministry
  9. “I Know It’s Over” by Jeff Buckley
  10. “Stop Your Sobbing” by The Pretenders

For a full explanation, check out today’s column on Google+.

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WHY THEY CRIED



"... demonstrates real insight into the way we live now."
 –The Rumpus

"Reminiscent of George Saunders and James Thurber, Why They Cried is a great collection of modern tales."
–Hannah Tinti, author of The Good Thief and co-founder of One Story

"Jim Hanas has a remarkable talent for imagining and crafting uncanny little worlds that make me vaguely nervous. And yet I never want to leave."
–Rob Walker, co-founder of Significant Objects

"A tender and smart assembly of fiction about people trying to communicate—with each other, the world—and all the ways they fail. Fail better, fail beautifully."
–Fiona Maazel, author of Last Last Chance

Jim Hanas is the author of the short story collection Why They Cried (Joyland eBooks/ECW Press) and director of audience development at HarperCollins Publishers.

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