Brian Francis Slattery looks at Janelle Monáe’s music in the context of science fiction novels.

Jen Vafidis deconstructed a Gwyneth Paltrow chicken recipe at Gawker.

Edward Carey and Shelley Jackson will be reading next week at Community Bookstore.

Jason Diamond interviewed Caitlin Moran at Electric Literature.

Hamish Kilgour put together a playlist for Dusted.

Katherine A. Powers reviewed Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings for the Star Tribune.

Elisabeth Donnelly on Eula Biss’s On Immunity.

At Pitchfork, Jayson Greene reviewed Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite.

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