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Cyborg Manifesto: On Beyoncé’s “Renaissance”
Enzo Escober reviews Beyoncé’s new concert movie, "Renaissance."
Archive
Revolutionary Blake-splaining
For Jack Skelley, William Blake has it all: from colonization and sex to post-structuralism and the superego.
Writing Blue
Terry Nguyen explores blue essays for LARB Quarterly, no. 40: “Water.”
Abortion on Trial: On Nicholas L. Syrett’s “The Trials of Madame Restell”
Edna Bonhomme reviews Nicholas L. Syrett’s “The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous ‘Female Physician’ and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime.”
Into the Red, White, and Blue Twilight
On the occasion of Tom Smothers's death, John Kaye reflects on words unsaid, questions unasked, avenues unpursued.
Palestine Is a Story Away: A Tribute to Refaat Alareer
A tribute to Palestinian writer and activist Refaat Alareer by poet and scholar Mosab Abu Toha.
The Hold of the Dead Over the Living: A Conversation with Jill Lepore
Julien Crockett talks with Jill Lepore about her new book “The Deadline.”
Ins/Outs of 2024
The Ins/Outs of 2024, as predicted by LARB social media director Maya Chen.
Arguing Alone: On Alexandra Hudson’s “The Soul of Civility”
Alex Bronzini-Vender considers Alexandra Hudson’s “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.”
“Molly” by Blake Butler
A harrowing memoir about a woman’s tragic death from the vantage of her surviving spouse. Intense and highly controversial, this book raises an essential question: who has the right to narrate someone else’s life? Check out our Spring 2024 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Molly” by Blake Butler.
Best of 2023
Urban Transgression and the Female Flâneur: On Leesa Gazi’s “Good Girls”
Torsa Ghosal reviews the English translation of Bangladeshi British author Leesa Gazi’s novel “Good Girls.”
No Forbidden Places: On Joyce Mansour’s “Emerald Wounds”
Ama Kwarteng reviews “Emerald Wounds” by Joyce Mansour.
Their favorites of 2023
You’re Such a Character: The Knausgaard Behind Knausgaard
Bob Blaisdell examines the public life of autofiction icon Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Rewilding Democracy: On Anne Norton’s “Wild Democracy”
Samuel McIlhagga reviews Anne Norton’s “Wild Democracy: Anarchy, Courage, and Ruling the Law.”
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