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Searching for a Heart
Rachel Elizabeth Jones reviews three new indie films about loss, grief, and absence.
Archive
Politics as Usual
Mary Turfah writes on Iran.
My Direct Debits Hit at Midnight
Rhian Sasseen considers party-writing in Caleb Femi’s latest poetry collection, “The Wickedest.”
Never a Patient Woman
Emmeline Clein finds pockets of faith in feminist writer Shulamith Firestone's ostensibly airless spaces in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
Movement Injuries
Christopher T. Fan explores two new novels, Brian Hioe’s “Taipei at Daybreak” and Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s “Taiwan Travelogue.”
The Heart Keeps On
Daniel Grubbs-Donovan reviews Martin Aitken’s new translation of “Stay with Me,” a recent novel by Norwegian author Hanne Ørstavik.
Trans Women in the Heartland
Lori Marso examines “Woodworking,” the debut novel from fellow South Dakotan Emily St. James.
A Story Needs to Shake You Up
Akanksha Singh speaks with Jonas Hassen Khemiri, author of “The Sisters,” about the process of translating his own work and the power of the stories we tell ourselves.
The Novel as Revolutionary Instrument
Holiday Dmitri interviews “Mars Review of Books” founder Noah Kumin about his first novel.
Rehearsing for the Apocalypse
Anna Marie Cain interviews Karen Russell about her latest novel, “The Antidote.”
The Hidden Injuries of Class
Harry Stecopoulos reviews Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel “Fox.”
Pride Month: Featuring Vince Aletti and Milo Todd
In this double episode celebrating pride month, Kate Wolf speaks with the critic Vince Aletti about his new book, “Physique,” and then Eric Newman speaks with Milo Todd about his novel “The Lilac People.”
A Week Occupied by ICE, or How Close Does the Violence Become
Rhys Langston reports from Los Angeles.
The Superfluous Man Redux
Josh Billings reviews Russian author Konstantin Vaginov’s newly translated novel “Goat Song.”
First Thought, (Not) Best Thought
Noah Rawlings considers Joan Didion’s “Notes to John.”
Conspiracism, Nationalism, Decline
Sarah Brouillette reviews Jamie Merchant’s “Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline.”
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