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Memory Speaks: On Sasha Filipenko’s “Red Crosses”
Magdalena Miecznicka is captivated by “Red Crosses”, Sasha Filipenko’s first novel to be translated into English.
Magdalena MiecznickaSep 9, 2021
- Fiction
The Bigoted Roots of Epidemiology
In reviewing “Maladies of Empire,” John Galbraith Simmons shows how an understanding of colonial medicine and slavery needs to better inform our present.
John Galbraith SimmonsSep 9, 2021
- Science & Technology
Orientalism from the Other Side: On Zeynep Çelik’s “Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient”
An anthology that bears witness to the emergence and entrenchment of European Orientalism from the perspective of its subjects.
A. Ozge Kocak HemmatSep 8, 2021
- Around the World
Ask Ellie: “Help! I’m a writer spread thin.”
“Ask Ellie” is LARB’s advice column, drawing wisdom from the great myths and stories to navigate modern life.
Ellie RobinsSep 8, 2021
“Being Single Is Not a Vocation”: On Simone de Beauvoir’s “Inseparable”
A novel about female friendship that Beauvoir wrote in 1954 is now available in the US in English.
Tatiana NuñezSep 8, 2021
- Fiction
What Is Poetry? Ten Observations
Dana Gioia, California Poet Laureate Emeritus, makes ten observations on the art of poetry.
Sep 8, 2021
AUTOMOTIVE: On Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors”
Janet SternburgSep 8, 2021
The Promise and Perils of the Academic Social Contract
Sophie Duvernoy takes stock of “Allies and Rivals,” Emily J. Levine’s history of the modern research university.
Sophie DuvernoySep 8, 2021
- Education
Exile on Man Street: On Tracey Thorn’s “My Rock ’n’ Roll Friend”
A provocative biography of Lindy Morrison, drummer for the Australian indie-rock band The Go-Betweens.
Gina ArnoldSep 7, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
“Street Cop” and Cartoon Controversies: A Conversation with Art Spiegelman
Jon Wiener speaks with Art Spiegelman on his latest illustrations, lockdown, and not looking for controversy (but finding it anyway).
Jon WienerSep 7, 2021
- Comics
“Gathered Fitfully from My Own Memory”: On Józef Czapski’s “Memories of Starobielsk”
A collection of essays on the Polish experience in World War II by Józef Czapski, translated by Alissa Valles.
Philip Ó CeallaighSep 7, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Bridging Divides
Annie Buckley reconnects with incarcerated individuals after having remote-only art lessons for 18 months of the pandemic.
Annie BuckleySep 7, 2021
Not Your Freak
Shawna Kenney explores a case of mistaken identity in the 1984–’85 hunt for the Night Stalker in California.
Shawna KenneySep 6, 2021
- Nonfiction
The Social Solitude of Adrienne Rich: A Conversation With Ed Pavlić
Erik Gleibermann interviews Ed Pavlić about his new book, “Outward: Adrienne Rich’s Expanding Solitudes.”
Erik GleibermannSep 6, 2021
- Poetry
An Innocent Abroad: Joan Didion’s Midlife Crisis
Because of her failure to see beyond the world that raised her, Didion almost wasted two decades of literary production.
Scott BradfieldSep 6, 2021
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Written Up: A Personal History
An author fictionalized in his own father’s novels reflects on fictionalizing his kids.
Raphael SimonSep 5, 2021
- Nonfiction