Linda Kass’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel World News from Waverley High

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. Linda Kass’s novel World News from Waverley High is a transportive coming-of-age story. In her own words, here is Linda Kass’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel World News from Waverley High: World News from Waverley High is set against the backdrop of national unrest and some of the most vital music ever created. Music has always been a focal point for me, so it felt essential that the soundtrack of the era permeates this story. The Sixties produced music that was socially inseparable from the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, and the cultural upheaval of the era. The music wasn’t just a soundtrack. It was part of the argument. It became both the mirror and…