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North Korea on the Hudson: On Alexander Stille’s “The Sullivanians”
The history of an Upper West Side sex therapy cult isn’t what you think it will be, according to Dave Mandl’s review of Alexander Stille’s “The Sullivanians.”
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The Country of the Apocalypse: On George Black’s “The Long Reckoning”
Elaine Elinson reviews George Black’s “The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam.”
Colin Dickey’s “Under the Eye of Power”
Colin Dickey joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss his latest book, “Under the Eye of Power.”
Spooky Sexy: A Conversation with K. Patrick
Naomi Pearce talks with K. Patrick about their debut novel, “Mrs. S.”
The Politics of Care: On Angela Garbes’s “Essential Labor” and Peggy O’Donnell Heffington’s “Without Children”
Sarah Stoller reviews Angela Garbes’s “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change” and Peggy O’Donnell Heffington’s “Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother.”
The Shapes People Choose as Their Symbols
Cooperative Ideals at the Heart of Everything: On Bernard Harcourt’s “Cooperation”
Avram Alpert reviews Bernard Harcourt’s “Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory.”
You Can Always Get What You Want: On “The Big Chill” and American Politics
Henry M. J. Tonks explains how Lawrence Kasdan’s “The Big Chill” gets generational politics all wrong—and why we still need to watch it.
Harriet Jacobs’ Enduring Legacy
Thin Ice: On Uwe Wittstock’s “February 1933”
Historian Daniela Blei beautifully captures the essence of Uwe Wittstock’s newly translated “February 1933: The Winter of Literature.”
Making #Charlottesville
Aniko Bodroghkozy writes about the tiki torch march in Charlottesville and the media-savvy aspects of the alt-right.
Having Once Been Beautiful
Puzzles to Be Solved: A Conversation with Myriam Gurba
Daniel Olivas talks with Myriam Gurba about her new book “Creep: Accusations and Confessions.”
We Are Committing Suicide as a Species: A Conversation with Ariel Dorfman
Rebecca Chace speaks with Ariel Dorfman about his new book, “The Suicide Museum."
Perma-noon: On Light Pollution and the Way We Talk About the Natural World
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Lauren Collee explores the history of light pollution.
Doomed to Destiny: On Matthew Salesses’s “The Sense of Wonder”
Will Hagle reviews Matthew Salesses’s new novel “The Sense of Wonder.”
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