Deb Olin Unferth’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Earth 7

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. Deb Olin Unferth’s Earth 7 is a novel profound, funny, and life-affirming. Unferth’s estimable storytelling skills shine in this necessary work of climate fiction. Kirkus wrote of the book: “Unferth’s prodigious worldbuilding unfolds magically. . . . Profound, funny, alarming, and imbued with love and sorrow for our lost world. . . . [A] masterpiece of climate fiction.” In her own words, here is Deb Olin Unferth’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Earth 7: I listened to a lot of goofy anthems as I wrote this book. I was going for retro in the way going to outer space feels a bit retro to me, even as it makes a comeback in the public imagination, for better or worse. In my father’s time,…