Kevin Powers’ Book Notes music playlist for his novel Children of the Wild

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. Kevin Powers’ novel Children of the Wild is a profound exploration of friendship and love. Kirkus wrote of the book: “The author, himself a Virginian and a combat veteran, skillfully weaves threads of love, friendship, and senseless death into a compelling and often emotional tale where the price of love is paid with sorrow. A deeply affecting novel.” In his own words, here is Kevin Powers’ Book Notes music playlist for his novel Children of the Wild: If I’m honest, I probably started writing around the same time I accepted that I couldn’t sing and would never be more than a noodler on the guitar. What I couldn’t accept was that I’d never get to chase that strange feeling the perfect key…