The Rumpus has published an excerpt from Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman.

Rahawa Haile wrote about Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer for Pitchfork.

Taylor Larsen wrote about Sam Pink’s new novellas for the Los Angeles Review of Books.

3:AM has also published the first part of a lengthy interview with Pink.

At Largehearted Boy, Emmanuelle de Villepin created a playlist for her novel The Devil’s Reward.

Literary Hub has some May book recommendations for you.

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