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My Father Finds Home Through the Birds
A new poem by Threa Almontaser from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, no.29.
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The Brockmeier Variations: A Parade of Spectral Phenomena in “The Ghost Variations”
Ryan Smernoff takes in "The Ghost Variations," a new short story collection by Kevin Brockmeier.
Born to Suffer
Jason M. Thornberry reviews Dale Maharidge's new book about those who live on the margins.
A Very Acute Watcher: A Conversation with David Thomson
Jonathan Kirshner interviews David Thomson on his book “A Light in the Dark: A History of Movie Directors.”
A Pulse on the Eye: The Art of Helen Frankenthaler
A sparkling new biography of a major female abstract expressionist painter.
Disney's Disembodied Black Characters
From The Princess and the Frog to Soul, Hope Wabuke asks why can't Disney let Black characters play Black characters?
Family Separation by Any Other Name: On Patricia Engel’s “Infinite Country”
Natasha Hakimi Zapata reviews "Infinite Country," the new novel by Patricia Engel.
Fanon Can’t Save You Now
Todd Cronan looks at “The Political Writings from Alienation and Freedom” by Frantz Fanon, edited by Jean Khalfa and Robert J. C. Young.
Fighting for Aphra Behn in the Age of #MeToo
Malkah Bressler argues in favor of acknowledge all the greats of the literary past, especially the overlooked ones.
Imagining a Different Economy
The life, ideas, and enduring relevance of Thorstein Veblen.
No Witness: "Warrior" and the Histories of Anti-Asian Violence
Min Hyoung Song considers the nineteenth-century world of Cinemax's martial arts series Warrior in light of contemporary Anti-Asian violence.
My Dark Secrets and Skeletons Are Not So Unique: A Conversation with James Brown
James Brown details his struggle with addiction, his path to hope, and his writing process in an interview with Rob Roberge.
Queen’s Run
A new short story from Gar Anthony Haywood from the High/Low LARB Quarterly Journal, no. 29.
Reading Roland Barthes in the Age of Misinformation
Barthes’s concept of mythology shows why misinformation tends to stick, to harden into doctrine.
Is Democracy Still Possible?
Richard Eldridge looks at three recently published books to decide whether our democracy can be salvaged.
Poetic and Real: A Conversation with Mark Harris
The author of a new biography of Mike Nichols discusses his subject’s theater and film legacy.
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