Archive

The Camp and the City (Eastern Times/Western Times)
Into what system are migrants welcomed? What are the prescriptions of the request?
Chris CampanioniDec 31, 2021
- Around the World
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Under Review”
A transcript of the panel discussion "Under Review" — a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on November 4.
Aaron Bady, Boris Dralyuk, Christian Lorentzen, Ismail Muhammad, Jane Hu, Julian LucasDec 31, 2021
- Literary Criticism
55 Voices for Democracy: “Bolder Reimagining” by Alexandra Kleeman
For the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy," novelist Alexandra Kleeman diagnoses the normalized sense of loss in American democracy.
Alexandra KleemanDec 31, 2021
Color and Class: A Conversation with Joe William Trotter Jr.
Jeffrey J. Williams talks to Joe William Trotter Jr. about the history of the African American working class.
Jeffrey J. WilliamsDec 30, 2021
- History
The Cosmic Prospect: On Galina Rymbu’s “Life in Space”
Joseph Albernaz and Kirill Chepurin consider “Life in Space” by Galina Rymbu.
Joseph Albernaz, Kirill ChepurinDec 30, 2021
- Poetry
“Steely-eyed Realism”: On Maceo Montoya’s “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces”
A tragicomic bildungsroman about the legacies of art history and the Chicano movement.
Bidisha BanerjeeDec 30, 2021
- Fiction
Spies in Neverland: On Ana Schnabl’s “The Masterpiece”
A novel about illicit love and betrayal in 1980s Slovenia.
Michael TateDec 29, 2021
- Fiction
Magic (Half) Hour: On "Reservation Dogs"
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak writes about FX's Reservation Dogs, the best show of 2021, and the greatness of half-hour TV
Phillip MaciakDec 29, 2021
- Dear Television
Imagining a More Habitable Present: On Grafton Tanner’s “The Hours Have Lost Their Clock: The Politics of Nostalgia”
Tanner’s new book examines how nostalgia circulates in our culture both innocuously and destructively.
Emmalea RussoDec 29, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Mutations of Warped Manliness: Selva Almada’s “Brickmakers”
A brilliant, nuanced novel about the links between masculinity and violence in Argentina.
Cory OldweilerDec 28, 2021
- Fiction
Didion and Babitz in LARB
Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, authors of indelible portraits of post-1960s Los Angeles, died within days of each other in December 2021.
Dec 28, 2021
Diet Coke and a Game of Chess: The Radical Work of Eve Babitz and Joan Didion
Nikki Darling pays homage to two women authors forever associated with Los Angeles.
Nikki DarlingDec 28, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
“Exquisitely Curated Lives”: On Ayşegül Savaş’s “White on White”
The celebrated Turkish author’s second novel is a spare, affecting study of friendship between women.
Kaya GençDec 28, 2021
- Fiction
What If?: New Insight into the Friendship of Virginia Woolf and T. S. Eliot
A newly opened archive of Eliot’s letters sheds light on his friendship with Woolf.
Megan QuigleyDec 27, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
The Art and Science of Movies: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is not a reliquary but a marquee.
Kevin McMahonDec 27, 2021
- Film
Explicit and Confounding Books: On Christopher Hilliard’s “A Matter of Obscenity”
A lucid and engaging cultural history of censorship debates in Britain from 1857 to 1979.
Thomas J. SojkaDec 27, 2021
- Cultural Studies