Writer Michael Chabon is known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, but the author and screenwriter is also a music aficionado who counts Steely Dan and the band Yes as major influences. Chabon can now add soundtrack curator to his list of accolades, having created his own personal playlist to accompany Oprah’s Book Club November pick Some Bright Nowhere, written by Chabon’s longtime friend Ann Packer.
In fact, it was Packer who asked Chabon to curate a playlist of songs that would support the mood and tone of Some Bright Nowhere when she found herself unable to create one of her own.
In a text exchange with Chabon, Packer wrote, “You know Largehearted Boy? I’ve been asked to create a playlist for Some Bright Nowhere, and I just can’t.”
Chabon shared to his Substack, “Over the years, reaching way back to the cassette era, I’ve made a lot of mixtapes and playlists for other people: as gifts and love offerings, courtship gestures, mementos, nostalgic reminders of a shared history, expressions of friendship and affection, and tools for properly educating my kids (along with any other souls in need of musical guidance).”
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Packer’s novel deals with themes of love and loss, and Chabon chose songs accordingly, starting with Sufjan Stevens’ “Death With Dignity,” which seems fitting for those who have read Some Bright Nowhere.
“Death With Dignity” – Sufjan Stevens“High and Dry” – Radiohead“Naked As We Came” – Iron & Wine“Something On Your Mind” – Karen Dalton“The Greatest” – Cat Power“Good Friends” – Maren Morris“Meet on the Ledge” – Richard Thompson“Temptation” – New Order“Here Comes the Summer” – Fiery Furnaces“Your Arms Around Me” – Jens Lekman“I Will Follow You Into the Dark” – Death Cab for Cutie“Night Still Comes” – Neko Case“River” – Joni Mitchell“Babylon” – David Gray“Flirted With You All My Life” – Cowboy Junkies“Take Care” – Big Star“This Is the Day” – The The“Heaven” – Talking Heads
Michael Chabon and Ann Packer’s Enduring Friendship
View this post on InstagramAn enduring friendship that will soon be “measurable in decades,” Chabon and Packer have been friends for a long time. Chabon has long been an admirer of Packer’s work, dating back to her debut novel The Dive from Clausen’s Pier.
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