Holly Brickley

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Holly Brickley |Charlotte McConaghy |Laila Lalami |Karen Russell

Deep Cuts, by Holly BrickleyIn the year 2000, an aspiring music writer meets a future indie rock star. Their witty banter about songs sounds like Nora Ephron for Pitchfork readers. Can this woman and man just be friends? Holly Brickley’s lyrical debut novel should rocket up the (bookseller) charts.

1 month ago | borrowreadrepeat.com | Chris Hayes |Gardiner Harris |Holly Brickley

The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource by Chris HayesFrom the New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society. “An ambitious analysis of how the trivial amusements offered by online life have degraded not only our selves but also our politics . . .

1 month ago | barnesandnoble.com | Holly Brickley |Isabelle McConville

On Writing vs. Fun: A Guest Post by Holly Brickley With sentences that’ll stick in your head like your favorite lyrics, Deep Cuts is a big-hearted story with an eclectic soundtrack. Spin your favorite record, pour a drink and fall into this story of love, coming-of-age, identity and belonging. Read on for an exclusive essay from Holly Brickley on writing Deep Cuts.

1 month ago | startribune.com | Maren Longbella |Holly Brickley

Fiction: Holly Brickley’s novel is (maybe) a romance that comes with a soundtrack. February 24, 2025 at 3:00PMHolly Brickley (Susan Seubert/Crown)It’s perhaps inevitable that Holly Brickley’s “Deep Cuts” will be likened to other noteworthy (feeble pun intended) books that incorporate music — most recently “Daisy Jones and the Six,” possibly “High Fidelity,” etc.