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The Cult of Marie: A Conversation with Lauren Groff
Elizabeth DeWolf speaks with Lauren Groff about her latest novel, “Matrix.”
Elizabeth DeWolfSep 22, 2021
- Fiction
Only in Her Head: On Mona Awad’s “All’s Well”
A compelling new novel about a college theater troupe, a Faustian bargain, and italics.
Ian Ross SingletonSep 22, 2021
- Fiction
What Is Poetic Imagery?
Dana Gioia discusses how imagery operates in poetry.
Sep 22, 2021
The Burden of History in John Sanford’s “Make My Bed in Hell” and “The Land that Touches Mine”
Jack Mearns explores the life and work of John Sanford, an oft-neglected 20th-century American writer who wrote incisive novels addressing American society.
Jack MearnsSep 22, 2021
- Noir
“I Don’t Want to Think about the Limits”: On Andrea Abi-Karam’s “Villainy”
Hazem Fahmy considers “Villainy” by Andrea Abi-Karam.
Hazem FahmySep 21, 2021
- Poetry
Becoming a Parent After 40: A Conversation with Vicki Breitbart and Nan Bauer-Maglin
Eleanor J. Bader speaks with Vicki Breitbart and Nan Bauer-Maglin on their upcoming book, “Tick Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40.”
Eleanor J. BaderSep 21, 2021
- Nonfiction
Pulling The Chair Out
Ed Simon reviews Netflix's The Chair and considers the academic obsession with fictional portrayals of the academy.
Ed SimonSep 21, 2021
- Television
Unnamed Dead
Madhu H. Kaza reflects on the death of unnamed Afghan girls and Alice Oswald’s book-length poem “Memorial.”
Madhu H. KazaSep 21, 2021
Why DNA Is No Key to Social Equality: On Kathryn Paige Harden’s “The Genetic Lottery”
A review of Kathryn Paige Harden’s “The Genetic Lottery.”
Anne O’Connor, Brenna M. Henn, Emily Klancher Merchant, Tina RulliSep 21, 2021
- Science & Technology
A Thirst That Big: On Alexandra Kleeman’s “Something New Under the Sun”
Kleeman’s new novel is a eulogy, a ghost story, and an ode to the ways and forms of life destroyed by human appetites.
Tess GuntySep 20, 2021
- Fiction
Life Turned into Text: On Tao Lin’s “Leave Society”
The author’s fourth novel reads as a veiled attempt to redress his past failures, particularly his abuses of power, in relationships.
Lamorna AshSep 20, 2021
- Fiction
To Rouse and Repel: A Conversation with Maggie Nelson on the Rhetoric of Freedom
Meredith Maran interviews Maggie Nelson on her new book, “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint.”
Meredith MaranSep 20, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Those Days I Lived Beside You: On Sandra Cisneros’s “Martita, I Remember You”
Audrey Harris Fernández finds a platonic love letter in “Martita, I Remember You” by Sandra Cisneros.
Audrey Harris FernándezSep 19, 2021
- Fiction
Announcing LARB's Semipublic Intellectual Sessions
LARBSep 19, 2021
Screening Deafness
Lennard Davis reviews “CODA” in the context of a recent cycle of films about Deafness and CODA (children of Deaf adults).
Lennard J. DavisSep 19, 2021
- Film
Letter to the Editor: Martha Buskirk Responds to Alex Weintraub
Martha Buskirk responds to Alex Weintraub’s review of her book "Is It Ours?: Art, Copyright, and Public Interest."
Alex Weintraub, Martha BuskirkSep 19, 2021
- Art & Architecture