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The Arab in Winter: On Fabien Toulmé’s “Hakim’s Odyssey”
“Hakim’s Odyssey” is a three-part graphic novel that follows the painful real-life journey of a Syrian refugee fleeing his country’s civil war.
Andrew MontiveoApr 23, 2022
- Comics
An Indigenous Elsewhere: A Conversation with Sandy Grande
A major Native American activist-scholar on the futility of trying to decolonize the university today.
Bhakti ShringarpureApr 22, 2022
- Decolonize | Defund | Abolish
Circling Back to New Galilee: On Jennifer Niesslein’s “Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia”
Dorian Fox explores Jennifer Niesslein’s treatment of white American nostalgia in her essay collection, “Dreadful Sorry.”
Dorian FoxApr 22, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
The Genocidal Logic of Putin’s War
Anton Tarasyuk, Michael MarderApr 22, 2022
The Night Inspection: Vladimir Nabokov at 123
Maxim D. ShrayerApr 22, 2022
“We’re Not Really Listening to One Another”: A Conversation with Gal Beckerman
The author discusses his new book, “The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas.”
Wen StephensonApr 22, 2022
- Politics
Andrey Kurkov’s “Grey Bees”
Boris Dralyuk and Lindsay Wright are joined by Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov to discuss his novel “Grey Bees.”
LARB Radio HourApr 22, 2022
Navigating the Silences of Women’s History: On Karolina Ramqvist’s “The Bear Woman”
The Swedish author’s newly translated novel explores the silences of history, especially women’s history.
Edmée LepercqApr 21, 2022
- Fiction
Infamous
In an essay from the new LARB Quarterly, Anthony C. Ocampo reflects on the T-parties of his young adult life in Los Angeles.
Anthony C. OcampoApr 21, 2022
- LARB Lit
Once Upon a Time in Laguna Beach
Jason Namey reviews T. Jefferson Parker’s “A Thousand Steps,” a thriller set in the midst of 1968 Laguna Beach’s thriving counterculture.
Jason NameyApr 21, 2022
- Noir
Lawrence Douglas on Fixing the Electoral System
Apr 21, 2022
“Shouldn’t Life Resolve?”: On Ange Mlinko’s “Venice”
Oona Holahan journeys through “Venice,” the latest collection of poems by Ange Mlinko.
Oona HolahanApr 20, 2022
- Poetry
Scenes from a Refugee Help Center
Erika Monahan on what she saw at a help station in Germany.
Erika MonahanApr 20, 2022
- Around the World
How Long Is the Shadow of Jim Crow?
Racism is an unchanging force, right? Not so fast, according to a Black activist who lived through Jim Crow.
Jonah Goldman KayApr 20, 2022
- Politics
Zábrana Overheard
The first collection of poetry by Jan Zábrana in English translation is a lyrical palimpsest of texts and voices.
Justin QuinnApr 19, 2022
- Around the World
Modern Medusas: Rethinking “Monsters,” Silence, and Cinema
LARB presents the eighth entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.
Aimee Hinds ScottApr 19, 2022
- Pasts Imperfect