Nick Francis’s Book Notes music playlist for his graphic novel The Tumor in the Clay

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. Nick Francis’s graphic novel The Tumor in the Clay is a stunning debut. Shinichi Sakamoto wrote of the book: “The Tumor in the Clay is an astonishingly immersive experience. My heartbeat quickened, my palms grew damp, and I could not stop turning the pages. I forgot every distraction of the real world and found myself completely drawn into the story.” In his own words, here is Nick Francis’s Book Notes music playlist for his graphic novel The Tumor in the Clay: A selection of songs from the writing and drawing process behind this comic. Contributions by Nick Francis and Yoh Philips. The Tumor in The Clay was drawn over several years of Covid Isolation, spent sketching panel after…