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Heels: A New Account of the Double Helix
Nathaniel Comfort reviews Howard Markel's new book about Rosalind Franklin, "The Secret of Life."
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Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of Tracy K. Smith’s “Such Color: New and Selected Poems” and Arthur Sze’s “The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems”
Victoria Chang and Dean Rader consider “Such Color” by Tracy K. Smith and “The Glass Constellation” by Arthur Sze.
Discreet 16: On Suzanne Lindon’s “Spring Blossom”
Alice Blackhurst reviews a novel take on the coming-of-age genre, Suzanne Lindon’s film “Spring Blossom.”
“Nation-Building Is No Mean Task”: A Conversation with Khin Zaw Win
A prominent scholar and dissident speaks out about Myanmar’s military rule.
“We Need Wholesale Decolonization”: A Conversation with Grieve Chelwa
An African economist explains why mainstream economics is a colonialist enterprise.
“Scientific Nightmare”: The Backstory of the “DSM”
Andrew Scull gives stellar marks to Allan Horwitz’s history of the DSMs.
Storyteller Strategist: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
Yvonne Conza speaks to Susan Orlean about animalish curiosities, the writing process, and the meaning of memoirs.
Control Everything: On Hartmut Rosa’s “The Uncontrollability of the World”
Paul J. D’Ambrosio finds meaning in “The Uncontrollability of the World,” the new book from Hartmut Rosa.
Ghosts of Grief: On S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears”
Gabino Iglesias takes a look at the grief and guilt that propel S. A. Cosby’s “Razorblade Tears.”
Love Objects: On the Poetry and Prose of Aaron Kunin
Griffin Shoglow-Rubenstein considers the “organizing concerns” of Aaron Kunin.
A Language for Herself: A Conversation with Ye Chun
Brian Castleberry talks with Ye Chun about her new collection of short stories, “Hao.”
I Don't Want to Have to Think
A Talent for Insanity: On M. E. White’s “In the Balance”
A radical portrayal of female insanity from an unjustly forgotten woman novelist.
On the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Thought Exercises for the 21st Century
LARB presents a conversation with four scholars on the Chinese Cultural Revolution: Lingchei Letty Chen, Nan Z. Da, Frank Dikötter, and Jie Li.
Todd Haynes’s “The Velvet Underground”
Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman speak with director Todd Haynes about his latest movie, and first documentary, “The Velvet Underground.”
A Pandemic of Parties
Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” is a party girl novel after a year without parties.
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