Two novellas by Gary Amdahl, I Am Death. From Kirkus: “Two narratives of frustrated possibility, offering an awareness of the brutal indifference of modern life.” More about the book on Bookforum. Amdahl’s previous book is the story collection Visigoth, winner of the Milkweed Prize for Fiction.

And hitting the shelves in June, David Sedaris’s latest laugh-a-lot, When You Are Engulfed in Flames. See Sedaris read about accessories on David Letterman.