BY JOANNA C. VALENTE

Whether you’re working remotely, taking a walk outside, or cooking dinner, it’s important to have a playlist that helps you do all of these things. This summer is unlike many, and will be far less physically social, that doesn’t mean we are any less connected. Music has long connected people together, so I curated a summer playlist to connect us all during these warmer months.

Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. They are the author of Sirs & Madams, The Gods Are Dead, Marys of the Sea, Sexting Ghosts, Xenos, No(body), #Survivor: A Photo Series (forthcoming), and A Love Story (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2021). They are the editor of A Shadow Map: Writing by Survivors of Sexual Assault and the illustrator of Dead Tongue (Yes Poetry, 2020). They received their MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College, and Joanna is the founder of Yes Poetry and the senior managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine.