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Children of the Surrealist Revolution
Robyn Jensen reviews Aleksandar Bošković and Ainsley Morse’s English translation of “The Fine Feats of the ‘Five Cockerels’ Gang” by Serbian surrealists Aleksandar Vučo and Dušan Matić.
Robyn JensenAug 17, 2022
- Around the World
- Poetry
Self-Narrative TV in Uncertain Times
Madeline Ullrich examines self-narrative television through the lenses of "Somebody Somewhere" and "Life & Beth."
Madeline UllrichAug 17, 2022
- Film
- Television
On Baduy
Novelist Miguel Syjuco on the subversive concept of baduy in Philippine culture.
Miguel SyjucoAug 17, 2022
Liberating the Archives: Hugh Ryan’s “Women’s House of Detention”
Eric Newman interviews Hugh Ryan about the queer carceral history of his new book, “The Women’s House of Detention”
Eric NewmanAug 16, 2022
The First Restaurant Critic of Color at the L.A. Times
Jacquelyn Ardam profiles Patricia Escárcega, the first restaurant critic of color at the Los Angeles Times.
Jacquelyn ArdamAug 16, 2022
- Food & Drink
"A Believed-in Dream": On Dana Levin’s “Now Do You Know Where You Are”
Liza Katz Duncan considers “Now Do You Know Where You Are” by Dana Levin.
Liza Katz DuncanAug 16, 2022
- Poetry
“I’ve Always Been Fascinated by the Fate of Objects”: A Conversation with David Trinidad
Jack Skelley talks with David Trinidad about his new book, “Digging to Wonderland: Memory Pieces.”
Jack SkelleyAug 15, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
To Foreignize or to Domesticate: Notes After Leading a Translation Seminar
Robert Chandler addresses the contradictory pulls translators face as they work.
Robert ChandlerAug 15, 2022
Know Thyself: On Clare Pollard’s “Delphi”
Ayelet Haimson Lushkov reviews Clare Pollard’s new novel, “Delphi.”
Ayelet Haimson LushkovAug 15, 2022
- Fiction
“Gods of Want” by K-Ming Chang
Myth, migration, ghostliness—a remarkable collection of surrealist short stories that contemplates power, memory, and the relationships of Asian American women. Check out our Summer 2022 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Gods of Want” by K-Ming Chang.
Aug 14, 2022
Dead Cats: A Conversation on Romance and Rejection
A conversation between Gawker editor and “Ask A Fuck Up” columnist Brandy Jensen and writer and critic Andrea Long Chu on romance and rejection.
Andrea Long Chu, Brandy JensenAug 14, 2022
On Skaz
Jake Marmer tells you all about skaz, in Ukraine and beyond, if you’ll listen.
Jake MarmerAug 14, 2022
As Good as a Feast: On Avram Alpert’s “The Good-Enough Life”
Emily Ogden finds Avram Alpert’s “The Good-Enough Life” to be more than sufficient.
Emily OgdenAug 14, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
Retroactive Abortion: Time Travel and the Unborn Baby
Lauren Collee shows how time-travel movies of the 1980s reinforced Christian ideals of destiny, presenting abortion as a disruption to a “natural” timeline.
Lauren ColleeAug 13, 2022
- Film
- SF
Remembering in Taipei and Forgetting in Fuzhou: On Zhuqing Li’s “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War”
Tobie Meyer-Fong reviews Zhuqing Li’s “Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War.”
Tobie Meyer-FongAug 13, 2022
- Around the World
- History
“Pretty Big Once”: W. R. Burnett’s Cynical Americana
W. R. Burnett’s multifarious fiction exposed the fatal emptiness of American ambition.
Aug 12, 2022
- Fiction
- Noir