Radhika Singh’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Earthly Playing Field

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. Radhika Singh’s debut novel Earthly Playing Field is a thought-provoking work of speculative fiction. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “A complex coming-of-political-consciousness narrative . . . heady and fascinating . . . it’s obvious Singh knows her stuff. There’s much to chew on here.”” In her own words, here is Radhika Singh’s Book Notes music playlist for her debut novel Earthly Playing Field: My debut, Earthly Playing Field (Common Notions Press, May, 2026), is closely followed by the first novel I actually wrote, Weirdly Tuned Antennae (FC2 Press, November 2026)—because life, like art, is a little bit sci fi! Below is a playlist for both novels. Prince’s final concert ~…

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