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You Can Go Home Again, and Again, and Again
Cory Oldweiler reviews the new translation of Danish author Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume (Book III).”
Cory OldweilerNov 18
- Fiction
- SF
The Cult of Orgasm
Helena Aeberli traces Ellen Huet’s investigations in “Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult.”
Helena AeberliNov 18
- Gender & Sexuality
- Cultural Studies
In the Shadow of Yesterday
Aurelian Craiutu thinks about Balázs Trencsényi’s “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History.”
Aurelian CraiutuNov 17
- Philosophy & Religion
- History
Don’t Close Your Teeth
Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Cynthia ZarinNov 17
Laboring in the Dream Factory
Harry Stecopoulos reviews Olivia Laing’s new novel “The Silver Book.”
Harry StecopoulosNov 16
- Fiction
On Adaptation: From Page to Screen
In November 2024, writers Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Ames, Anna Dorn, and Jane Hu gathered at LITLIT for a discussion with Paul Thompson about how it feels to take a work from book to screen.
Paul Thompson, Jane Hu, Jonathan Ames, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Anna DornNov 16
- Film
- Fiction
Nothing Ever Happens: “Mister Squishy” and the Year of the Sentence Diagram
Hannah Smart writes about her attempt to diagram a 900-word sentence in David Foster Wallace’s “Mister Squishy,” and what the efforts taught her about human inertia and meaningless language.
Hannah SmartNov 15
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Sheer Tenderness
Jessica Simmons-Reid visits Noah Davis’s posthumous survey at the Hammer Museum.
Jessica Simmons-ReidNov 15
- Art & Architecture
Bones, Roses, and Ruins
Janet Sarbanes encounters Nancy Buchanan’s career retrospective at the Brick in Los Angeles.
Janet SarbanesNov 14
- Art & Architecture
A Mole in MAGA’s Midst
Alexandre Lefebvre reads “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field.
Alexandre LefebvreNov 14
- Politics
- Philosophy & Religion
Under the Surface
Adam Straus speaks with Yannick Murphy about her new novel “Things That Are Funny on a Submarine but Not Really.”
Adam StrausNov 13
- Fiction
An Emergency Born of Prosperity
Zoe Adams considers “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” by Brian Goldstone.
Zoe AdamsNov 13
- Politics
- Economics and Finance
What’s the Difference Between a God and a Monster?
Heather Macumber reviews Brandon Grafius’s “Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Scripture.”
Heather MacumberNov 12
- SF
- Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy’s Warnings in the “Absence” of Emergency
William Egginton pays heed to Santiago Zabala’s “Signs from the Future: A Philosophy of Warnings.”
William EggintonNov 12
- Philosophy & Religion
 Springtime for Springnuts
Grant Sharples offers a personal account of the Boss’s career and legacy in light of the new biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”
Grant SharplesNov 11
- Film
- Music
Everyone Feels Deeply Alabamian
Cameron Engwall talks with Alexis Okeowo about her second book, “Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama.”
Cameron EngwallNov 11
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay