Rob Spillman wrote about Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater for Guernica.

At Electric Literature, exploring Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer.

Matt Zoller Seitz wrote about the new adaptation of Fahrenheit 451.

Sarah Weinman wrote about the death of a spy novelist for CrimeReads.

Rachel Syme wrote about Patrick Melrose for the New Republic.

Literary Hub has published an excerpt from Sam Pink’s White Ibis.

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