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Unyielding Soil: On Stephen G. Bloom’s “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes: A Cautionary Tale of Race and Brutality”
The mixed legacy of a groundbreaking experiment in racial prejudice.
Jason M. ThornberryJan 17, 2022
- Politics
The Guts of the Living: On Polina Barskova’s “Air Raid”
Ainsley Morse and Michael M. Weinstein dive into “Air Raid,” a collection of poems by Polina Barskova, translated from the Russian by Valzhyna Mort.
Ainsley Morse, Michael M. WeinsteinJan 17, 2022
- Around the World
Liberal Icon or Right-Wing Renegade?
Stephen Rohde reviews Samantha Barbas’s new biography, “The Rise and Fall of Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade.”
Stephen RohdeJan 16, 2022
- Law
Hernán Hoyos: The Sex Scribe of Cali
Kurt Hollander profiles the pioneering Hernán Hoyos, a breaker of literary taboos in Cali, Colombia.
Kurt HollanderJan 16, 2022
- Around the World
Ride or Die? Mark Bould and the Fast-and-Furiocene
Alison Sperling makes her way through “The Anthropocene Unconscious,” the new book by Mark Bould.
Alison SperlingJan 15, 2022
- SF
A Tribute to bell hooks
bell hooks’s friends and colleagues remember the author, who passed away on December 15.
Bettina L. Love, George Yancy, Gloria Steinem, Joy James, Karlyn Crowley, Stephanie Troutman Robbins, john a. powellJan 15, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
An Eye for Talent
Jervey TervalonJan 15, 2022
“Is Not a Face Quite Different from a Mask?”: Molière at 400
Robert Zaretsky unmasks the continuing relevance of Molière.
Robert ZaretskyJan 15, 2022
- Politics
Gary Shteyngart’s “Our Country Friends”
In a special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher ask Gary Shteyngart about his latest novel, “Our Country Friends.”
LARB Radio HourJan 14, 2022
“Trickery Wrapped in Spittle Inside a Militia”: On Anne Garréta’s “In Concrete”
An absurdist psychosexual satire about how a father’s dangerous mania for mixing concrete.
Brendan RileyJan 14, 2022
- Fiction
Deserving the Unspeakable: On Larry Baker’s “Wyman and the Florida Knights”
Nicole VanderLinden takes on Larry Baker’s newest novel, “Wyman and the Florida Knights.”
Nicole VanderLindenJan 14, 2022
Nonlinear Delivery Options: The Times of "Station Eleven"
Jorge Cotte thinks about the persistence and power of art across the various timelines the HBO Max miniseries Station Eleven.
Jorge CotteJan 14, 2022
- Television
Is This Desire?: On Jane Campion’s Anguished New Epic, “The Power of the Dog”
Ryan Coleman considers the anguished, queer theology behind Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.”
Ryan ColemanJan 14, 2022
- Film
The Melancholy of Embodiment: Dara Birnbaum’s Mass Media Investigations
A facsimile edition of Birnbaum’s notebook from the 1970s, with detailed drawings, installation plans, and notes for projects.
Gracie HadlandJan 13, 2022
- Art & Architecture
Everyone’s a Critic
Richard Joseph interrogates the contemporary life of the critical hatchet job.
Richard JosephJan 13, 2022
- Literary Criticism
No One Knows Roe like Joshua Prager
A new history of Roe v. Wade.
Vesper NorthJan 12, 2022
- History