Imperfect Strollers: Teju Cole, Ben Lerner, W.G. Sebald, and the Alienated Cosmopolitan
The evolution of the flâneur
February 2nd, 2013“Letter From Cuba: The Religious Revival of a Communist State”By Antal Neville
Los Angeles Review of Books
Impersonating Ourselves
It's no wonder that we are often confused by impostors, delighted by sock puppets, and relieved — most of us, anyway — that we remain singular.
January 14th, 2012
In Defense of Data: Responses to Stephen Marche's "Literature is not Data"
Two rebuttals to 'Literature is not Data: Against Digital Humanities'
November 5th, 2012
In Hell, "We Shall Be Free": On "Breaking Bad"
Walter White's Rebellion
July 13th, 2012
In Limbo
"We will all be destroyed whether we like it or not. I say let's like it."
September 20th, 2011
In Memory of Carmine Infantino (1925–2013)
Remembering the American comics artist and editor
April 27th, 2013
In Praise of Messy Thinking: On Katie Roiphe
Navel-gazing with a social purpose
September 4th, 2012
In Search of Lost Plots: On Viktor Shklovsky
On recent translations of the Russian formalist's 'Bowstring' and 'Energy of Delusion'
October 24th, 2012
In the Charles Wright Museum
All around me were Charles’s lines and poems: his deck, the shrubs and flowers, the weather and hillside, and the Pacific below were all characters.
August 12th, 2011
In the Neighborhood: Tom Waits
Tom Waits's Los Angeles
December 29th, 2012
In the Year of the Dragon: China’s 2012
A look back at the year, with an eye toward global domination by 2030
January 3rd, 2013
Independence Day: A Dispatch from Edinburgh
December 9th, 2012
Indigenous to the Hood
On Los Angeles's Gang Tours
November 26th, 2012
Infinite Proofs: The Effects of Mathematics on David Foster Wallace
To the extent he was home anywhere, DFW was at home in the world of math.
November 25th, 2012
Is The Atlantic Making Us Stupid?
On the magazine’s frequent, and frequently controversial, articles about gender issues.
September 10th, 2012
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