Camille Acker’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel A Very Special Episode

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, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Camille Acker’s novel A Very Special Episode is an irreverent and insightful debut focusing on race and class. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “An intense satire about the abuses of class privilege . . . The novel’s dark humor and horror elements play perfectly into an absurdist plot that highlights racial and class inequities. It’s a marvel.” In her own words, here is Camille Acker’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel A Very Special Episode: At one point in my writing life, I avoided sitting down to write. I would set goals for a certain number of words or a certain amount of time, but would fail to follow through again and again. Fear–of what I was capable of…