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The Unruliness of Life: A Conversation with Marisa Silver
Meredith Maran interviews Marisa Silver about her latest novel, “The Mysteries.”
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Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, CA
Natasha Vhugen introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, CA.
Sing Forward Again: A Conversation with Hoa Nguyen
Vi Khi Nao interviews Hoa Nguyen about her new poetry collection, “A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.”
Friday Prayers: On Aslı Biçen’s “Snapping Point”
Aslı Biçen’s novel is a political allegory of Erdoğan’s Turkey that works in other contexts, too.
India’s Unique Situation: Talking to Shivshankar Menon
Andy Fitch interviews former Indian national security advisor Shivshankar Menon about his recent book "India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present."
Palestine Twenty Times in a Sentence
The Inescapable Nation
Among all human constructs, none may be as troubling and as enduring as the nation.
Alchemy Under the Hood
Joe Stadolnik reviews Jennifer M. Rampling's history of alchemy, "The Experimental Fire: Inventing English Alchemy, 1300–1700."
Behind the Numbers: Aggregated Risks in the Age of COVID
While we know more than ever about how health and disease work, experts’ inability to speak in specific terms makes it easy for them to be ignored.
Life at the Margins: On “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope”
Adolf Alzuphar walks “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope,” the new collection by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Demographic Realism and the Crisis of Higher Education
Demographics isn’t destiny, it is simply the most recent version of a long line of self-serving administrative ideologies.
Another Look at India’s Books: Basant Rath’s “Own Me, Srinagar”
In this column, Saikat Majumdar discusses books from India that haven’t received due attention.
When We No Longer Believe: On Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place”
Rachel Cusk’s new novel is an uneasy exercise in philosophical abstraction.
The Drone Is in the Heart
A psychedelic study of drones in nature, art, and popular music.
The Anxiety of Coming (Back) Together
Jon Klassen’s new picture book asks the age-old question: what are other people for?
Ask Ellie: “What can I do about my apathy?”
“Ask Ellie” is LARB’s advice column, drawing wisdom from the great myths and stories to navigate modern life.
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