Lin-Manuel Miranda shares an unreleased ‘Hamilton’ song

LOS ANGELES » “Hamilton” at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and all performances on Broadway have been postponed, but now, without compromising recommended social-distancing procedures, fans can listen to a song that was cut from the hit musical.

Amid the rapidly escalating developments around the coronavirus, “Hamilton” scribe and star Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to say he wished he could send everyone peace of mind via the platform. But since he couldn’t, he sent the next best thing: an unreleased “Hamilton” song.

“Here’s a cut Hamilton/Washington tune called ‘I Have This Friend,’” Miranda tweeted. “No one’s heard it, not even (‘Hamilton’ director Thomas) Kail.”

The song is available on Soundcloud.

Book critics give fiction prize to Edwidge Danticat

NEW YORK » Edwidge Danticat’s story collection “Everything Inside” has won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. Chanel Miller was awarded in autobiography for “Know My Name,” her book about being sexually assaulted by Stanford University student Brock Turner.

The critics circle usually announces its awards during a Manhattan ceremony, but called off the gathering over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. This year’s honors were announced through a press release.

Danticat’s stories — tales of love, family and mortality set partly in her native Haiti — previously won the Story prize for best short fiction. The critics circle praised “Everything Inside” for narratives that have “no forced happy endings, no unearned deliverances.”