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Complicit with Water: On Rosie Stockton’s “Permanent Volta”
Olivia Durif talks to Rosie Stockton about their first book, “Permanent Volta.”
Olivia DurifOct 19, 2021
- Poetry
Learning How to Die in “The Green Knight”: Existential Dread, Ecological Despair, and the Last Days of Camelot
Wilson Taylor considers the existential, political, and environmental resonances of “The Green Knight” (dir. David Lowery, 2021).
Wilson TaylorOct 18, 2021
- Film
Holding and Unfolding Woolf’s Treasure: On “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway”
An indispensable critical guide to Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece.
Seth KatzOct 18, 2021
- Fiction
Perfecting Diseases’ Pasts: On Kyle Harper’s “Plagues Upon the Earth”
LARB presents the third entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.
Monica H. GreenOct 18, 2021
- History
- Pasts Imperfect
The Season of Hardwick
Zachary Fine on the resurgence of Elizabeth Hardwick.
Zachary FineOct 18, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Scandal on the Dance Floor
The allure of mixed-sex dancing in Jewish literature and contemporary popular culture.
Sonia GollanceOct 17, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Wall Sickness
Jared Olson reviews “Build Bridges, Not Walls,” the new book by Todd Miller about the human toll of the US border.
Jared OlsonOct 17, 2021
- Politics
The Lesson of a Long Illness: On Ross Douthat’s “The Deep Places”
The conservative columnist’s memoir chronicles his struggles with Lyme disease.
Paul W. GleasonOct 17, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
On Reading Fleur Jaeggy’s Sweet Days of Discipline
Greg Gerke follows the literary lineage of Fleur Jaeggy's "Sweet Days of Discipline."
Greg GerkeOct 17, 2021
What Happened Here in Munich: An Interview with Mirjam Zadoff
Laurie Winer talks with Mirjam Zadoff, director of the Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism.
Laurie WinerOct 16, 2021
- History
The Future Is Always with Us: On Jennifer Marie Brissett’s “Destroyer of Light”
Steven Shaviro reviews the new novel by Jennifer Marie Brissett, “Destroyer of Light.”
Steven ShaviroOct 16, 2021
- SF
Mountain Run on Mo Gan Shan
Jervey TervalonOct 16, 2021
Friendly Dockings: On Khal Torabully’s “Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude”
An inspired tribute to a people taken from their homes and forced into labor.
Andrea JurjevićOct 16, 2021
- Poetry
Our Choices Are Rarely Free: On Amia Srinivasan’s “The Right to Sex”
A rigorous collection of essays that addresses a dizzying array of gender and sexuality discourses.
Sohum PalOct 15, 2021
- Gender & Sexuality
Blade Runner: Grass and Our Future
Louise Schiavone explains how leaves of grass in all their variety are “now a piece of the complex puzzle that might hold off carbon overload.”
Louise L. SchiavoneOct 15, 2021
- Science & Technology
The Fashionable Forms of Despair: A Recovered Interview with Saul Bellow
Fred Hardwick presents his long-unpublished interview with Saul Bellow, conducted at Brandeis University in 1977, the year after Bellow was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Fred HardwickOct 15, 2021
- Fiction