Things we like include the literary nonprofit and the music of talented artists like Marissa Nadler. Thus, the compilation You Be My Heart, which features the latter and benefits the former, falls very much into our proverbial wheelhouse. Does it hurt that Nadler’s contribution to the album, the shimmering “Half as Much,” serves as a pitch-perfect demonstration of her talents as a songwriter? (You can hear it below.)

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