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(Screen)Writing Against Type: Brandon Easton, Walter Mosley, Paula Yoo, and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn
A conversation on writing, genre, and audience expectations featuring acclaimed authors and screenwriters.
LARB AVAug 25, 2021
Modes of Contempt: Therapists, Thrillers, and Therapist Thrillers
Ali Raz considers the “therapist thriller,” in which the talking cure stands in for the diagnostic rigors of the Hollywood screenwriting formula.
Ali RazAug 25, 2021
- Film
Growing Up Fast, Never Growing Up: On Erika Schickel’s “The Big Hurt”
Lily Houston Smith explores “The Big Hurt” by Erika Schickel.
Lily Houston SmithAug 25, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
“It’s the Black House Now!”: Mansoor Adayfi’s Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo
Erin L. Thompson examines the poignant yet playful recollections in Mansoor Adayfi’s memoir "Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo."
Erin L. ThompsonAug 25, 2021
A House of One’s Own: On Deborah Levy’s “Real Estate”
At the crux of Deborah Levy’s concerns is how to live a creative life as a woman.
Mia LevitinAug 24, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Unsteady Terrain: On Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town”
Larissa Dooley reviews Lou Mathews’s “Shaky Town,” a novel made of several interlocking stories set in East L.A.
Larissa DooleyAug 24, 2021
- Noir
Ukraine at 30, Part III: The “Mova” I Live In
The third of three essays by Ukrainian women authors marking the 30th anniversary of the nation’s independence.
Iryna ShuvalovaAug 24, 2021
The Dream Economy
All the talk of colonizing Mars is a dangerous pipe dream that deflects from the less glamorous task of trying to keep Earth habitable.
Nicholas Agar, Stuart WhatleyAug 24, 2021
- Science & Technology
Justice for the “Restless Dead”
Adela Pineda Franco contemplates “The Restless Dead,” the recently published book by Cristina Rivera Garza.
Adela Pineda FrancoAug 23, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
The Monumental Unsaid: A Conversation with Rachel Yoder
The author discusses her first novel, “Nightbitch,” and the loneliness of motherhood.
Sara PetersenAug 23, 2021
- Fiction
Ukraine at 30, Part II: An Abundance of Emptiness
The second of three essays by Ukrainian women authors marking the 30th anniversary of the nation’s independence.
Sasha DovzhykAug 23, 2021
“I’ll Be in Another World”: A Rediscovered Interview with Jorge Luis Borges
Charles McNair and Mark Childress present their 1982 interview with Jorge Luis Borges.
Charles McNair, Mark ChildressAug 23, 2021
- Around the World
Zero Blind Spots: A Conversation with Darren Byler on Chinese Surveillance Tactics
Evan Selinger talks with anthropologist Darren Byler about Chinese "re-education" camp surveillance technology and Byler's recent book "In the Camps."
Evan SelingerAug 23, 2021
Realist Magic
Francesco D’Isa is entranced by “Theatre, Magic and Philosophy” by Gabriela Dragnea Horvath.
Francesco D’IsaAug 22, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Interconnected Lives: On Greg Sarris’s “Watermelon Nights”
A new reprint of a classic work of contemporary Native American fiction.
Hollis RobbinsAug 22, 2021
- Fiction
Ukraine at 30, Part I: How to Love Your Homeland Properly
The first of three essays by Ukrainian women authors marking the 30th anniversary of the nation’s independence.
Olesya KhromeychukAug 22, 2021