Wendy Wimmer’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel The Doomscroller’s Companion

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. Wendy Wimmer follows up her impressive story collection Entry Level with a debut novel, The Doomscroller’s Companion, that dazzles with its storytelling through a variety of narratives. “Provocative. . . . An engaging novel in which ramped-up pandemic anxieties are reflected in online interactions, amid which choosing embodied connections proves best.” Foreword Reviews wrote of the book: In her own words, here is Wendy Wimmer’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel The Doomscroller’s Companion: In late 2009, I went on a white shark cage diving trip to the Farallon Islands, a little-known wildlife refuge about 30 miles off San Francisco’s coastline. As luck would have it, I…