Afternoon Bites: Kirstin Valdez Quade Interviewed, Ocean Vuong’s Latest, David First, and More

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At Otherppl: an interview with Kirstin Valdez Quade.

Michiko Kakutani reviewed Ocean Vuong’s Night Sky With Exit Wounds.

Yahdon Israel wrote an essay on silences, spaces, and Beyoncé’s Lemonade.

At Chapter 16, Susannah Felts reviewed Lee Smith’s memoir.

Checking in with Notekillers’ David First at The Out Door.

At The Atlantic: new writing from Ta-Nehisi Coates about the idea of home.

Misfits has a new interview with Sarah Rose Etter.

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