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Breaking Free of the Cult of Academia: An Interview With Amy Gentry
Halley Sutton talks to Amy Gentry about “Bad Habits,” a thriller set in academia.
Halley SuttonApr 1, 2021
- Noir
Close Magic: Derek DelGaudio's Illusions of Other People
For Dear Television, Phillip Maciak sobs his way through the magic of pre-pandemic closeness in Derek DelGaudio's Hulu film In and Of Itself.
Phillip MaciakApr 1, 2021
- Dear Television
Rare Specimens
A tasty, erudite, and offbeat Wunderkabinett full of weirdos.
Kathelin GrayApr 1, 2021
- Nonfiction
Jeff Tweedy Will Teach You Songwriting
A new essay by Alex Scordelis from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, no. 29.
Alex ScordelisMar 31, 2021
- LARB Lit
Unnurtured and Unloved: On Andrea Bajani’s “If You Kept a Record of Sins”
A superb new English translation of a celebrated contemporary Italian novel out now from Achipelago.
Elaine MargolinMar 31, 2021
- Fiction
What About the Women?: A Conversation with Imbolo Mbue
Rachel Barenbaum talks with Imbolo Mbue about her new novel, “How Beautiful We Were.”
Rachel BarenbaumMar 31, 2021
- Fiction
A Look at Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: On Megan Rosenbloom’s “Dark Archives”
Megan Rosenbloom combines perspectives from history, science, and the rare book world to tell her strange and compelling story.
Christine JacobsonMar 30, 2021
- History
Naming the Silences: A Conversation with Melissa Febos
The author discusses her new book, “Girlhood,” a text that mixes memoir, reportage, and the lyric essay.
Yvonne ConzaMar 30, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
They Can Do Anything They Want to You: Naming, Sex, and Value in Melissa Febos’s “Girlhood”
Melissa Febos’s “Girlhood” is a profoundly intimate memoir in the form of collected essays.
Gina FrangelloMar 30, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Pulling
A new essay by Rachel Genn from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, no.29.
Rachel GennMar 29, 2021
- LARB Lit
All Over the Shop: A Conversation with Geoff Dyer
Novelist and art critic Geoff Dyer reflects on his diverse and genre-defying career.
Sebastian MatthewsMar 29, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
The Traffic in Images
“Art Isn’t Fair” integrates Allan Sekula’s photographic projects with his writings on art.
Jonah Goldman KayMar 29, 2021
- Art & Architecture
The Notorious RBG Is Gone, But Her Fight Continues
Dan Friedman reviews “Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler.
Dan FriedmanMar 28, 2021
- Law
Three Books About a Better World
Kim Stanley Robinson, Yanis Varoufakis, and Carl Neville have all released utopian novels in 2020, but is there value in speculating about a post-capitalist future?
Gareth WatkinsMar 28, 2021
- SF
Feelings Forward: On Reading Books and Ourselves
Stephanie Malak writes about two organizations foregrounding the conversation about feelings in the study of literature.
Stephanie MalakMar 28, 2021
Letter to the Editor: Gavan Titley Responds to Stephen Rohde
Gavan Titley responds to Stephen Rohde’s review of his book, “Is Free Speech Racist?”
Gavan Titley, Stephen RohdeMar 28, 2021
- Law