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That Day: On Vince Passaro’s “Crazy Sorrow”
A novel of two New Yorkers in love, in the shadow of the Twin Towers.
Ian Ross SingletonDec 4, 2021
- Fiction
Poking at My Wounds: A Conversation with Judith Freeman
Scott Burton talks with Judith Freeman about her new novel, “MacArthur Park.”
Scott BurtonDec 4, 2021
- Fiction
“I Write an Attempt”: On Mohammed El-Kurd’s “Rifqa”
Summer Farah considers “Rifqa” by Mohammed El-Kurd.
Summer FarahDec 4, 2021
- Poetry
Not Humane, Just Invisible: A Counternarrative to Samuel Moyn’s “Humane”
Priya Satia reviews Samuel Moyn’s latest book, “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.”
Priya SatiaDec 3, 2021
- Law
A Good Fight?: On Samuel Moyn’s “Humane”
Making war more “humane” only makes it more likely.
Rayan FakhouryDec 3, 2021
- Law
Semipublic Intellectual Sessions: “Where’s ‘the Discourse’?”
A transcript of the panel discussion “Where’s ‘the Discourse’?” – a conversation in the Semipublic Intellectual Sessions, which took place on October 7.
Daphne A. Brooks, Jesse McCarthy, Lexis-Olivier Ray, Lili Loofbourow, Sarah MarshallDec 3, 2021
- Cultural Studies
James Hannaham’s “Pilot Impostor”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and artist James Hannaham to discuss his latest book, “Pilot Impostor.”
LARB Radio HourDec 3, 2021
Another Lousy Father: What I Learned from Robert Bly
Stephen Kessler offers a personal recollection of the bard turned men’s movement leader Robert Bly, who passed away last month at 94.
Stephen KesslerDec 3, 2021
Stay Mad: On Myisha Cherry’s “The Case for Rage”
Skye C. Cleary reviews Myisha Cherry’s new book, “The Case for Rage: Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle.”
Skye C. ClearyDec 3, 2021
- Politics
“L.A.’s a Strange Place”: On Judith Freeman’s “MacArthur Park”
A new novel set in Los Angeles chronicles a tenacious friendship and a deteriorating neighborhood.
Tom NolanDec 2, 2021
- Fiction
Going to War with Noir: On James Kestrel’s “Five Decembers”
Matt Lewis reviews “Five Decembers,” a globetrotting noir from James Kestrel.
Matt EllisDec 2, 2021
- Noir
Breaking Up with the Arts
The pandemic has highlighted the broken relationship between artists and the institutions that support them.
Alexis ClementsDec 2, 2021
- Art & Architecture
Tobias Boes on Thomas Mann’s War
Dec 2, 2021
More to Admire: On Laura Marris’s Translation of Albert Camus’s “The Plague”
Robert Zaretsky admires the aesthetic and moral clarity of Laura Marris’s new translation of Camus’s “The Plague.”
Robert ZaretskyDec 1, 2021
- Fiction
Rooted in the Body: A Conversation with Shruti Swamy
Shruti Swamy discusses her debut novel, “The Archer.”
Aku Ammah-TagoeDec 1, 2021
- Fiction
“My Fellow Beasts of Burden, My Cohabitants”: On Peter Singer’s Edition of Apuleius’s “The Golden Ass”
How an ancient human-to-animal metamorphosis might launch a shift in modern morals.
Caroline EngelmayerNov 30, 2021
- Fiction