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The Failed Saint: On George Orwell’s India
Jason Christian visits George Orwell’s birthplace in India.
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Burn Book: On “Priscilla” and Sofia Coppola’s White Girls
Lori Marso looks at “Priscilla” within Sofia Coppola’s white girl oeuvre.
What Happened to David Graeber?
Crispin Sartwell argues that the Occupy leader seemed to be moving from anarchism to liberalism before his death.
Bukowski and Li Po
Ever wondered where Charles Bukowski would take a travel companion of his choice in California? Well, wonder no longer.
By the Sea
Danielle Monique decided not to go to Jamaica, but found herself at the beach anyway (and without even having to go to the Westside).
Kohei Saito’s “Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto”
The philosopher Kohei Saito speaks to Eric Newman and Kate Wolf about his book “Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto.”
Drowning in Mediocre Data: On Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld”
T. M. Brown reviews Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.”
Sadness and Strange Beauty: On Manjula Martin’s “The Last Fire Season”
Ellie Eberlee reviews Manjula Martin’s “The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History.”
Sharp, Creamy, Fresh, Funky, Nutty
Brandon Sward attends a reading at a Downtown L.A. gallery and finds a well-balanced cheese board of the literary present.
A Million Years’ Struggle: On Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl's “Coyote’s Song”
Elizabeth Henson reviews Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl's “Coyote’s Song: Collected Poems & Selected Art.”
Haunting Objects: On the Work of Darrel Ellis
Jonathan Alexander considers the work of Black, queer photographer Darrel Ellis, whose work is receiving renewed attention.
Who Gets to Name What’s Evil? On Blake Butler’s “Molly”
Mike Jeffrey reviews Blake Butler’s “Molly.”
Empire and Liberalism—a Saidian Reading: On Jeanne Morefield’s “Unsettling the World”
Conor McCarthy reviews Jeanne Morefield’s “Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory.”
I Will Never Die, Part 2
Sadie Sartini Garner meditates on mortality, music, and Christianity for LARB Quarterly, no. 40: “Water.”
The Human and the Holy: On Sarah Ghazal Ali’s “Theophanies”
Adedayo Agarau reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s “Theophanies.”
Walk on the Wild Side
Brittany Menjivar was so preoccupied with whether or not she could, she didn't stop to think if she should (luckily, she was right).
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