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  The Trauma of Partition: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti

  Anjali Enjeti discusses her new novel of family life and communal tragedy, “The Parted Earth.”

  Kavita DasMay 21, 2021

  • Fiction

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  Real Life Rock Top 10: May 2021

  LARB presents the May 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.

  Greil MarcusMay 21, 2021

  • Music

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  What Do You Do with a BA in English?

  John Lurz reviews the new book by Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé, "A Different Order of Difficulty: Literature After Wittgenstein."Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé

  John LurzMay 21, 2021

  • Literary Criticism

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  Monopolies Will Do Anything: Talking to Senator Amy Klobuchar

  Andy Fitch talks with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) about the pivotal role of competition policy and her recently released book, "Antitrust."

  Andy FitchMay 21, 2021
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  “People with a Nazi Background”: Race, Memory, and Responsibility

  Should descendants of Nazis be labeled as such?

  Michael RothbergMay 20, 2021

  • Politics

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  Treasures of the Tongue: An Excerpt from “Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of History”

  LARB presents an excerpt from “Dancing on Ropes: Translators and the Balance of History” by Anna Aslanyan.

  Anna AslanyanMay 20, 2021

  • Around the World

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  Caveat Editor: Competing Takes on CRISPR

  John Dupré considers four new books on the history and ethics of CRISPR by Kevin Davies, Eben Kirksey, Henry T. Greely, and Walter Isaacson.

  John DupréMay 20, 2021

  • Science & Technology

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  Max Czollek on Diversity and the New German Nationalist Culture

  May 20, 2021
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  55 Voices for Democracy: “Education, Social Justice, and Democracy” by Jody David Armour

  For the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy," Jody David Armour talks about the nature of the promise of democracy.

  Jody David ArmourMay 20, 2021
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  The Untold Story of the CIA’s MK Ultra: A Conversation with Stephen Kinzer

  Stephen Kinzer discusses his new biography, “Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control.”

  Ed Prideaux, James PennerMay 19, 2021

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  To the Grave: Secrets, Sins, and Nuclear Insecurity

  Joshua Roebke reviews a much-heralded book on the troubled history of nuclear secrecy in the US.

  Joshua RoebkeMay 19, 2021

  • Science & Technology

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  By Any Memes Necessary: A Case for Critical Media Literacy

  On the origins and diffusion of a dubious Malcolm X quotation.

  Maytha Alhassen, Zaheer AliMay 19, 2021

  • Politics

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  Readers’ Books in Sonoma, CA

  Madeline Wendricks introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Readers' Books in Sonoma, CA.

  Madeline WendricksMay 19, 2021
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  Academic Affects: A Conversation on Guilty Pleasures

  Sarah Mesle talks with Arielle Zibrak, Ana Quiring, and Kyla Wazana Tompkins about the “bad” feelings of aesthetic experience.

  Sarah MesleMay 18, 2021

  • Cultural Studies

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  Decolonizing Education: A Conversation with Linda Tuhiwai Smith

  The first installment in a new LARB series of interviews, DECOLONIZE / DEFUND / ABOLISH.

  Bhakti ShringarpureMay 18, 2021

  • Decolonize | Defund | Abolish

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  Translating Against World Literature

  Nicholas Glastonbury wonders whether translators can afford to wage insurgency against World Literature.

  Nicholas GlastonburyMay 18, 2021

  • Around the World