TJ Fuller’s Book Notes music playlist for his story collection Some Stupid Glow

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, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. TJ Fuller’s story collection Some Stupid Glow showcases a brilliant absurdity of language and humor. Booklist wrote of the book: “Fuller’s prose is punchy, original, and lively, and his tales constantly shift the ground beneath the reader’s feet. Each story is short, dense, and intriguing throughout this consistently excellent, varied, and fascinating collection.” In his own words, here is TJ Fuller’s Book Notes music playlist for his story collection Some Stupid Glow: At the keyboard in the morning, I feel the pressure to perform. To sing. I love a musical sentence. I love a sentence that rejects worn out phrases and obvious metaphors, but those sentences are hard to construct. These…