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Angeleno Mixed States
Porochista Khakpour reflects on love and Los Angeles in this piece from the new LARB Quarterly.
Porochista KhakpourApr 28, 2022
- LARB Lit
A Monolith of Whiteness: On Sarah Manguso’s “Very Cold People”
The celebrated memoirist’s debut novel is a chilly study of communal repression.
Madeleine CrumApr 28, 2022
- Fiction
After the Mauerfall: On Ulrich Gutmair’s “The First Days of Berlin: The Sound of Change”
The fall of the Berlin Wall opened up a space of possibility for German musical culture.
Benjamin ShullApr 27, 2022
- Around the World
How to Protect the Artist Refugee
An underrecognized casualty of war is a nation’s art.
Cate Riegner, Sarah KornfeldApr 27, 2022
- Politics
On Exorcizing Demons
Ed Simon contemplates "The Penguin Book of Exorcisms," edited by Joseph P. Laycock.
Ed SimonApr 27, 2022
- Religion
A Loose Collection of Fragments: On the Novels of Peter Weiss
The German novelist pioneered a kind of experimental realism reminiscent of contemporary autofiction.
Ben SandmanApr 26, 2022
- Fiction
Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of Victoria Chang’s “The Trees Witness Everything”
Dean Rader and Jennifer Chang consider “The Trees Witness Everything” by Victoria Chang.
Dean Rader, Jennifer ChangApr 26, 2022
- Two Roads: Poetry Reviews in Dialogue
We’ll Cede Our Rights to Make It Stop: A Conversation with Cathy O’Neil
Elizabeth DeWolf interviews mathematician Cathy O’Neil about her latest book on the shame industrial complex.
Elizabeth DeWolfApr 26, 2022
- Cultural Studies
The Book of Saint Phalles
Jackson Davidow ponders "What Is Now Known Was Once Only Imagined," Nicole Rudick's look at the art of Niki de Saint Phalle.
Jackson DavidowApr 25, 2022
- Art & Architecture
“Histories of Dislocation”: A Conversation with Namrata Poddar
The author discusses her debut novel, “Border Less,” and the multiple artistic and cultural boundaries it straddles.
Torsa GhosalApr 25, 2022
- Fiction
Refusing the Death Drive Story: A Psychotherapist Reflects on HIV, COVID-19, Trauma, and Queer Attachments in a Time of Plague(s)
After decades of working with HIV-positive clients, Keiko Lane explores similarities and differences in helping her patients and communities survive COVID-19.
Keiko LaneApr 25, 2022
- Nonfiction
Shedding Light in the Darkness of Our Historical Imaginations
Eleanor Janega writes light into the “Dark Ages,” which weren’t all that dark, in a review of Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry’s latest historical production.
Eleanor JanegaApr 24, 2022
- History
Bathtub Drafts: Doja Cat Wants You to See Her
Doja Cat wants you to see her. And she’s serious.
Lindsay GellmanApr 24, 2022
- LARB Lit
Rescuing Utopianism in a Climate-Changed World
Mathias Thaler argues that utopian thinking has a role to play in addressing the climate crises.
Mathias ThalerApr 24, 2022
- Science & Technology
- Environment
Donuts in the Parking Lot
Robert Lopez explores the meanings and impact of the police shooting of his friend, Paulie Heenan.
Robert LopezApr 23, 2022
- Nonfiction
“Where Is Humanity?”: A Conversation with Bedross Der Matossian
Aris JanigianApr 23, 2022