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Alison Saar shared her quarantine book and music picks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2020-03-18\/coronavirus-quarantine-tips-movies-tv-books-music?fbclid=IwAR3B1LSmhwyiXJheMi-29T6Np2-nXmkAPLqPjizJ4nYASfnhp-WZBCVLuRM\">Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI started a book that\u2019s somewhere between prose and a novel, \u201cThe Blue Clerk\u201d by Dionne Brand. There are a few others on the shelf. It\u2019s nice when the kids are around because they can expose me to new music. I\u2019ve been listening to Sunny War, an artist from Los Angeles, and digging Yola and rediscovering the work of Jackie Shane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover more:<br>\ud83d\udcd6<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dukeupress.edu\/the-blue-clerk\">The Blue Clerk<\/a> - Duke University Press<br>\u2600\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KhxIBgJTOVI\">Sunny War <\/a>- Tiny Desk at NPR<br>\ud83c\udfa4<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BI3lwv8qhx0\">Yola <\/a>- \u201cRide Out in the Country\u201d<br>\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/%E2%80%A6\/22\/obituar%E2%80%A6\/jackie-shane-dead.html\">Jackie Shane<\/a> - The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How are you self-isolating? Alison Saar shared her quarantine book and music picks with the Los Angeles Times. \u201cI started a book that\u2019s somewhere between prose and a novel, \u201cThe Blue Clerk\u201d by Dionne Brand. There are a few others on the shelf. 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