A Power Built on Lies
Cory Oldweiler reviews Hungarian author Krisztina Tóth’s novel “Eye of the Monkey,” newly translated by Ottilie Mulzet.
Cory OldweilerNov 26
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Rulx Thork
I Give You Power features photography by Rulx Thork. Published by Little Big Man Books, I Give You Power features images taken between 2005 and 2018 across Brooklyn.
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Miracles, Magic Thinking, and the Climate Crisis
Tess Pollok interviews Jon Raymond about his new novel, “God and Sex.”
Tess PollokNov 26
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A Citadel of Fatuousness
Shehryar Fazli considers Scott Anderson’s new account of the United States’ bungling in Iran, a mistake with lasting consequences.
Shehryar FazliNov 25
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Holding and Disappearing Traces of the Past
Lara Fresko Madra explores Hande Sever’s recent installation at REDCAT in Los Angeles.
Lara Fresko Madra Nov 25
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Herzog in the Jungle of Truth
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
Sam Shpall Nov 24
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Phases of the Quotidian
C. Francis Fisher interviews Shangyang Fang about his new book “Study of Sorrow: Translations.”
C. Francis FisherNov 24
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Lost Horizons
Brendan Boyle writes on the voyages beyond in “Contact” (1997) and “Alambrista!” (1977), in the newest installment of Double Feature, from the LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Brendan BoyleOct 20
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One Step Removed from Ash
Vanessa Holyoak explores memory and loss after the L.A. fires, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
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Chile Yesterday, America Today
Ariel Dorfman revisits acts of brutality in the 1970s and John Dinges’s investigation of who is to blame.
Ariel DorfmanNov 23
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I Refuse to Let You Have My Joy
Iris Kim talks to Jaquira Díaz about her new novel, “This Is the Only Kingdom.”
Iris KimNov 23
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Is Justice Barrett Listening?
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
Leah LitmanNov 22
Cisterns of Multiplicity
Yvonne Kim invests in “The New Economy,” the latest poetry collection from Gabrielle Calvocoressi.
Yvonne KimNov 22
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Enuf Is Enuf
Tom LeClair clop-clops through Mark Z. Danielewski’s new novel “Tom’s Crossing.”
Tom LeClairOct 28
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GOLDEN STATE
Pynchon’s Abundance
Travis Alexander revisits Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” arguing that it contains a prescient analysis of today’s liberal-leftist divide.
Travis AlexanderOct 30
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Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
Rachele DiniOct 31
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SOCIAL NETWORK
The Cancel-Culture Canard
Emmet Fraizer considers Adam Szetela’s “That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing.”
Emmet FraizerOct 26
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Brandon Taylor talks about his latest novel “Minor Black Figures” on LARB Radio Hour. The book, out now, centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with sudden viral fame.
LARB Radio HourNov 21
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When History Hangs Out
Jacob Stern reviews Richard Linklater’s two latest films, “Nouvelle Vague” and “Blue Moon,” as twin hangout movies.
Jacob SternNov 21
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Our Reigning Prophet of Doom
Gideon Leek reviews Joy Williams’s latest story collection, “The Pelican Child.”
Gideon LeekNov 21
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Cuba
Sara Kozameh offers a rigorous analysis of cultural production during the Cuban Revolution in conversation with Jennifer L. Lambe’s book “The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba.”
Sara KozamehNov 20
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How to Access Art
Pasquale Toscano considers Rob Macaisa Colgate’s debut poetry collection, “Hardly Creatures.”
Pasquale ToscanoNov 20
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Very Fine People: Charlottesville, Eight Years Later
Aniko Bodroghkozy considers recent books on the 2017 Charlottesville attack as a watershed moment in contemporary neo-Nazism.
Aniko BodroghkozyNov 4
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A Network of Global Incinerators
Rob Arcand reviews Hito Steyerl’s new essay collection, “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat.”
Rob ArcandOct 19
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If Anything Can Happen, It Certainly Will
Matthew Cobb reports from the Spirit of Asilomar, an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary biotechnology conference.
Matthew CobbSep 12
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The Gaza Generation
Shaan Sachdev explores Pankaj Mishra’s “The World After Gaza: A History,” moral authority, and a generation of young dissenters.
Shaan SachdevAug 9
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Life Finds an Investor
Karoline Huber discusses the phenomenon of “de-extinction” in SF and popular culture.
Karoline HuberOct 15
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Crisis Makes Weird
Harrison Blackman discusses the aesthetics and politics of Greek cinema’s Weird Wave.
Harrison BlackmanOct 10
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White Noise, White Heat, White Books
Dashiel Carrera considers Han Kang, sleep, and the Velvet Underground.
Dashiel CarreraAug 29
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Taste Test
Cory Bradshaw describes the art and agony involved in making amateur porn in an essay for LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
Cory BradshawJul 13

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Hail, Caesar
Friends, Romans, countrymen: Nathan Jefferson lends his ears (and eyes) to the immersive “Julius Caesar” production at Heritage Square Museum.
Nathan JeffersonMay 8
The Whole Idea of Knowing the Truth
Elizabeth Barton trawls through the newly opened Joan Didion archives at New York Public Library to learn about the making of the author’s first book.
Elizabeth BartonApr 30
Jackpot!
“Nothing is clearly defined” in Julia Yerger’s art exhibition, which Keith J. Varadi finds to be a big win.
Keith J. VaradiMar 17
My Date at the Holocaust Ballet
Dorie Chevlen attends “Memoryhouse,” an abstract, cinematic performance that still managed to dance around comparisons to contemporary injustices.
Dorie ChevlenFeb 12

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Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity.”
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Kelly Reichardt's “Mastermind”
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt talks to Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher about her new movie, “The Mastermind,” out in theaters now.
LARB Radio HourOct 24
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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with writer Grace Byron about her debut novel, “Herculine.”
LARB Radio HourOct 17
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LARB Quarterly, no. 46: Alien

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