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Sankofa and the Afterlives of Makerere
Panashe Chigumadzi considers the generation that emerged after the Makerere University for the Conference of African Writers of English Expression.
Archive
“A Hymn From the Mouth of Reality”: Obscenity, Psychosis, Sweetback
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon situates “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” in its cultural zeitgeist.
Space Tourism and Nature Writing
Christopher Schaberg considers "Four Fifths a Grizzly" and the future of nature writing.
A Portrait and a Mirror: On “To Kill a Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism”
What creates conditions for a dictatorship? The daily indignities that force people to turn to a messiah-despot.
The Case for Superman’s Queer and Kinky Underbelly
Superman encourages us to pursue reclamation and defer hopelessness through play, pleasure, and fleeting free moments.
Van Gogh Experiences: Immersive Art in the COVID Era
Rachel Teukolsky on the joys and shortcomings of immersive Van Gogh exhibits.
The Mystery of the Dead Alligator Hanging from the Street Light One Foggy Night on 2nd Ave
Jervey Tervalon continues his memoir in vignettes.
Our Senses at Night: On Teju Cole’s “Black Paper”
Thomas J. Millay looks at "Black Paper," the latest book from Teju Cole.
Spotlight on Translation: December Edition
LARB’s Best: Philosophy and Comparative Studies
Costica Bradatan selects 10 pieces by the finest authors giving serious thought to the central questions of philosophy, faith, and culture today.
Filling the Gaps: Soviet Life in Battle and on the Home Front in World War II
Maria Bloshteyn tackles two books that cover Soviet life on the battlefield and on the home front during World War II.
Anna Akhmatova’s “Requiem”
LARB presents a new translation, by Stephen Capus, of Anna Akhmatova’s poetic cycle “Requiem.”
Online Together: A Roundtable Discussion with Christoph Bieber, Safiya Noble, and Anna Wiener
Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf moderate a panel on the use, abuse, and omnipresence of digital technology as a part of LARB’s Semipublic Intellectual Sessions.
Cold Fever
A memoir of the Far North.
A Rising or Setting Sun
The Framers of the Constitution might have been shocked that their experiment lasted.
The Wrath of the Gods: Surviving the Pandemic with Petronius, Fitzgerald, and Eliot
The "Satyricon" shaped two of the most important texts of the 20th century — and the Petronian "anti-epic" is still funny, even during Covid.
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