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  Put Some “Mank” on It

  J. D. Connor explains what “Citizen Kane” would look like if it had only industry politics and no real ones: it’d be “Mank.”

  J. D. ConnorMay 9, 2021

  • Film

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  Tainted Objects: A Conversation with Laura Levitt

  Jacquelyn Ardam interviews Laura Levitt on the objects left behind after trauma in her new book, “The Objects That Remain.”

  Jacquelyn ArdamMay 9, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Comfort and Transience

  Micah Cash’s “Waffle House Vistas” blends nostalgia with a kind of eerie dystopianism.

  Amy BowersMay 9, 2021

  • Art & Architecture

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  The Grandma from Minari Was a Grindhouse Femme Fatale: Kim Ki-young's The Insect Woman (1972)

  "In the Korean entertainment industry, quite unlike the American one, appearing in commercials is the surest sign of having made it."

  Colin MarshallMay 9, 2021
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  Hamilton, Hip-Hop, and the Law

  Stephen Rohde reviews "Hamilton and the Law," a new essay collection edited by Lisa A. Tucker.

  Stephen RohdeMay 8, 2021

  • Law

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  Generating Hope: Jack Zipes Republishes Anti-Fascist Children’s Book from the Early 20th Century

  Jonathan Alexander talks with Jack Zipes about “Yussuf the Ostrich” and “Keedle, the Great.”

  Jonathan AlexanderMay 8, 2021

  • Young Adult & Children’s Literature

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  The Day Eli Broad Changed My Life: A Remembrance

  Dale Franzen, founding director of the Broad Stage at Santa Monica College, remembers the day Eli Broad changed her life.

  Dale FranzenMay 8, 2021
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  Spotlight on Translation: May Edition

  In this spotlight you’ll find reviews of Argentine stories, tributes to authors who wrote in German, translations from Arabic and Russian, and much more.

  May 7, 2021
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  Larissa Pham’s “Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy”

  Larissa Pham joins Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman to discuss her debut collection, “Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy.”

  LARB Radio HourMay 7, 2021
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  The Cold War Industry: On Louis Menand’s “The Free World” and Anne Searcy’s “Ballet in the Cold War”

  Harlow Robinson weighs “The Free World” by Louis Menand against “Ballet in the Cold War” by Anne Searcy.

  Harlow RobinsonMay 7, 2021

  • History

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  Finding the Story: A Conversation with Lilly Dancyger

  Lilly Dancyger discusses her new memoir about her artist father, “Negative Space.”

  Yvonne ConzaMay 7, 2021

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Death Ship Earth: On Mira L. Siegelberg’s “Statelessness”

  Hadji Bakara examines Mira L. Siegelberg’s recently published legal history, “Statelessness.”

  Hadji BakaraMay 7, 2021

  • Law

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  LARB’s Best: Humanities

  These pieces demonstrate the sustained and sustaining strength of the humanities, a discipline in perpetual crisis.

  May 7, 2021
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  Writing Toward Liberation: Jody Armour, Bidhan Chandra Roy, and Maytha Alhassen

  A conversation on writing, incarceration, and the power of language and narrative to help us imagine alternatives to the prison industrial complex.

  LARB AVMay 7, 2021
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  If Ever There Was a Time for Microfinance: Talking to Ira W. Lieberman

  Andy Fitch talks with Ira W. Lieberman about the challenges COVID-19 has placed on burgeoning microfinance initiatives around the globe.

  Andy FitchMay 7, 2021
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  “I’m everywhere, but I'm particles”: Kate Durbin on Hoarders

  JoAnna Novak talks with Kate Durbin about reality TV's portrayal of real life, and portrayals of reality TV in literature.

  JoAnna NovakMay 6, 2021