Checking in with Victor LaValle on the eve of the release of his new novella, The Ballad of Black Tom.

Sarah Seltzer on imposter syndrome.

At Quartz, Morgan Jerkins wrote about Beyoncé.

Okey-Panky has new Samuel Ligon fiction.

At Hyperallergic, a look at the life and photography of Louis Draper.

Sarah Weinman on great true crime books.

Idra Novey looks at memorable literary vanishings.

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