Afternoon Bites: Javier Marías, Ta-Nehisi Coates Interviewed, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, The Second Shelf, and More

Literary Hub published an excerpt from Javier Marías’s new novel.

Ruth Awad talked with Entropy about food and writing.

At Vanity Fair, Ta-Nehisi Coates talked with Jesmyn Ward about his forthcoming novel.

The Los Angeles Review of Books explored the politically-charged poetry of Tammy Ho Lai-Ming.

Longreads published a powerful new essay by Kiley Bense.

At Barron’s, a look at the work being done by The Second Shelf.

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