Jeff Miller’s Book Notes music playlist for his novel Temporary Palaces

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. Jeff Miller’s novel Temporary Palaces is an enthralling debut with a punk heart. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “A memorable debut … Miller’s bittersweet novel burns with the warmth of lasting friendship.” In his own words, here is Jeff Miller’s Book Notes music playlist for his debut novel Temporary Palaces: Music is at the heart of my novel, Temporary Palaces. The book is full of songs playing in cafés and late-night bus stations, on tape decks in kitchens and living-room turntables, broadcast on pirate radio or performed by punk bands in sweaty, crowded rooms. The novel takes place in the do-it-yourself (DIY) punk and hardcore scene that I grew up in the nineties and beyond. As we…