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If There’s Truth in Cinema, It’s Sideways
Ilana Masad interviews Katharine Coldiron about her new collection of essays, “Out There in the Dark.”
Archive
“My Characters Yearn for Connection”
Radha Vatsal speaks with Mexican author Guadalupe Nettel about her new story collection, “The Accidentals.”
No Matter How Much We Look, We Don’t Necessarily See
Nik Slackman speaks with Taylor Lewandowski and Lynne Tillman on the occasion of their new book, “The Mystery of Perception.”
Autofiction’s Primal Scene
Jon Repetti returns to the scene of writing in Catherine Lacey’s new novel “The Möbius Book.”
Reactionary Futurism 2025
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
Complicity Becomes Us
Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”
Lady of the Wild Things
Abigail Susik speaks with visual artist Liliane Lijn about her new memoir and her major international exhibition.
How Can You Stop a Country from Happening?
Billy J. Stratton examines Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.”
It Turns Out He Has a Heart
Danielle Chelosky examines Michel Houellebecq’s “Annihilation,” translated by Shaun Whiteside.
The Astronomy of Melancholy
Arnaud Gerspacher considers “Sad Planets” by Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker.
Alison Bechdel’s “Spent”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with Alison Bechdel about her new graphic novel, “Spent.”
Wild in a Good Way
Cameron Engwall interviews Rob Franklin about “Great Black Hope,” his debut novel.
Uncinematic Visions of War
Evan Hill finds himself mired down in Alex Garland’s “Warfare.”
Teapot Dome Pitch Meeting: Edward Doheny, Albert Fall, and Cecil B. DeMille
In the fifth installment in an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on the convergence of politics and cultural power in early Hollywood.
This Has Always Been Possible
Sarah LaBrie talks to Nina St. Pierre about their respective memoirs, “No One Gets to Fall Apart” and “Love Is a Burning Thing.”
To Remain in Contradiction
Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi attends an exhibition of Bruce Nauman’s early work, at Marian Goodman Gallery in Los Angeles.
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