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A Complicated Relationship: How California’s Community Colleges Educate Future Police and Why Our Curriculum Needs to Change
Can academia and law enforcement occupy the same spaces? And if so, what’s the best way to proceed?
Keenan Norris, Rubén MendozaOct 4, 2021
- Education
- Politics
Shadows and Ghosts: The Evolution of the PEN Charter
An address on PEN International’s 100+ centenary celebrations. PEN was founded in London on October 5, 1921.
Peter D. McDonaldOct 4, 2021
Under the Bridge: On Samuel Greenberg
THIS PIECE APPEARS IN THE TRENDING ISSUE OF THE LARB QUARTERLY JOURNAL, NO. 31.
Michael CasperOct 4, 2021
- LARB Lit
Feeling Like Shit: On Christine Smallwood’s “The Life of the Mind”
Smallwood’s novel seems a perfect illustration of Freudian theory, as filtered through Judith Butler.
Alena GraedonOct 3, 2021
- Fiction
A Poet of Hungers: A Conversation with Maureen N. McLane
Rebecca Ariel Porte interviews Maureen N. McLane about her new book of poetry, “More Anon.”
Rebecca Ariel PorteOct 3, 2021
- Poetry
Letter to the Editor: Pratinav Anil Responds to Arvind Rajagopal
Pratinav Anil and Arvind Rajagopal exchange letters to the editor in response to Rajagopal’s review of Christophe Jaffrelot and Anil’s “India’s First Dictatorship: The Emergency, 1975–77.”
Arvind Rajagopal, Pratinav AnilOct 3, 2021
- Around the World
Mapping the Social in Theory and Practice
Michael Eby appreciates “Investigative Aesthetics,” the new book by Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman.
Michael EbyOct 3, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
Not an Insomniac’s Notebook: A Review of Michael Palmer's Little Elegies for Sister Satan
Neeli Cherkovski finds complex yet charming passages in Michael Palmer's latest poetry volumne, "Little Elegies for Sister Satan."
Neeli CherkovskiOct 2, 2021
Breaking Through: Julietta Singh’s “The Breaks” and Public Scholarship
Christopher Schaberg cracks open “The Breaks: An Essay” by Julietta Singh.
Christopher SchabergOct 2, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Haunted by Houses: On the California Victorian in Fiction
Why have so few novels explored the darker side of the California Victorian mansion?
Joy LanzendorferOct 2, 2021
- Fiction
Albino Boy
Jervey TervalonOct 2, 2021
Five Questions for V. Castro Regarding Her Novel, “The Queen of the Cicadas”
Daniel Olivas asks Latinx horror writer V. Castro about her debut novel, “The Queen of the Cicadas.”
Daniel A. OlivasOct 2, 2021
- SF
Paris from the Window Seat: On Lauren Elkin’s “No. 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus”
Anandi Mishra is transported by “No. 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus” by Lauren Elkin.
Anandi MishraOct 1, 2021
- Around the World
I Have Decided (A Fourth Child? In this Pandemic?)
Sara Fredman explores her decision to have a fourth child during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sara FredmanOct 1, 2021
- Nonfiction
Cynthia Cruz’s “The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by author Cynthia Cruz to discuss “The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class.”
LARB Radio HourOct 1, 2021
Aesthetic Weather: On Cole Swensen’s “Art in Time”
John James considers “Art in Time” by Cole Swensen.
John JamesOct 1, 2021
- Poetry