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Anatomy of a Scare
Roby DuncanOct 31, 2023
A Saving Skepticism: On J. M. Coetzee’s “The Pole”
Jasmine Liu reviews J. M. Coetzee’s “The Pole.”
Jasmine LiuOct 30, 2023
- Fiction
Do Women Have It Easier Than Men Now? On Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men?”
Meredith Maran reviews Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question.”
Meredith MaranOct 30, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
My Bird Today Promises a Story
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Dan O’Brien finds symbols of life and faith in the theater.
Dan O’BrienOct 30, 2023
- LARB Lit
- Memoir & Essay
All the World’s a Game
Brandon SwardOct 30, 2023
Vehicles of Awareness: On Terrance Hayes’s “So to Speak” and “Watch Your Language”
Jeevika Verma reviews Terrance Hayes’s “So to Speak” and “Watch Your Language: Visual and Literary Reflections on a Century of American Poetry.”
Jeevika VermaOct 29, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Story Thieves: On Carmen Boullosa’s “The Book of Eve”
Godelieve de Bree reviews Carmen Boullosa’s “The Book of Eve”
Godelieve de BreeOct 29, 2023
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Not Only in America: On Benjamin D. Weber’s “American Purgatory”
Spencer J. Weinreich reviews Benjamin D. Weber’s “American Purgatory: Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration.”
Spencer J. WeinreichOct 28, 2023
- History
- Politics
The Guide to a Game That Doesn’t Exist: On Plastiboo’s “Vermis”
Patrick Fiorilli reviews Plastiboo’s “Vermis,” a strategy guide to a video game that doesn’t exist.
Patrick FiorilliOct 28, 2023
- SF
I Went to Therapy with a Gecko
Brandon SwardOct 28, 2023
Dorothea Lasky’s “The Shining” and Anna Biller’s “Bluebeard’s Castle”
An LARB Radio Hour double-header Halloween horror special. In the first half, Kate Wolf is joined by the poet Dorothea Lasky to discuss her most recent poetry collection, “The Shining.” Then filmmaker Anna Biller speaks with Kate and Medaya Ocher about her first book, “Bluebeard’s Castle.”
LARB Radio HourOct 27, 2023
Marked as a Monster: A Conversation Between Marlena Williams and S. Trimble
Marlena Williams and S. Trimble discuss their shared work on the queer resonances of “The Exorcist.”
Marlena Williams, S. TrimbleOct 27, 2023
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The One-Way Ticket to Barcelona
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Corina Zappia considers the state of travel for single women.
Corina ZappiaOct 27, 2023
The Gift That Chung’s Gave Me: On Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”
A. C. Huyen reviews Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.”
A. C. HuyenOct 27, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Speaking of Haunted Language
Alessia DegraeveOct 27, 2023
Other Shapes: On Kate Briggs’s “The Long Form”
Grace Byron reviews Kate Briggs’s “The Long Form.”
Grace ByronOct 26, 2023
- Fiction