Elizabeth Acevedo’s New Novel Explores the Fullness of Grief

‘Clap When You Land’ explores grief and its taboo in Latinx culture

Elizabeth Acevedo. Photo: Denzel Golatt

Lately, the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo has been thinking a lot about grief and life in the Dominican Republic. It’s not only because her recently released novel, Clap When You Land, centers…