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Hooked to the Silver Screen: A Year of Isolation with David Bowie
Victoria Wiet contemplates what David Bowie has to say about pandemic psychology.
Victoria WietMar 17, 2021
Road Trip: On Jessie van Eerden’s “Call It Horses”
Sally Massagee is captivated by Jessie van Eerden’s new book, “Call It Horses.”
Sally MassageeMar 16, 2021
- Fiction
Fascism and Analogies — British and American, Past and Present
Priya Satia on how the fascism analogy may help reveal what fascism always owed to Americanness and to empire.
Priya SatiaMar 16, 2021
- History
Nostalgia for Nostalgia: BTS on American TV
In the wake of their spectacular Grammy performance, Michelle Cho reads the ultra-mediated nostalgia of Korean pop group BTS on American TV.
Michelle ChoMar 16, 2021
- Television
Love and the Literary Leviathan: On Pola Oloixarac’s “Mona”
Yxta Maya Murray dives into the recent English-language translation of Pola Oloixarac’s “Mona.”
Yxta Maya MurrayMar 16, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Waning Promise of Tokyo 2020
Spencer Cohen thinks about the boon of the Olympics and what it means to miss out.
Spencer CohenMar 16, 2021
The House Is the Body: On Kim-Anh Schreiber’s “Fantasy”
Anthony Graham enjoys "Fantasy," the debut novel by Kim-Anh Schreiber.
Anthony GrahamMar 15, 2021
- SF
Sex — and Everything Else
A new essay by Katherine Angel from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, No.29.
Katherine AngelMar 15, 2021
- Gender & Sexuality
- LARB Lit
Marx, Hegel, and the Critique of Religion: A Response
Martin Hägglund responds to his critics and expands on the immanent critique of religion found in his book "This Life."
Martin HägglundMar 15, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
A Covert Openness: On Paul Vangelisti’s “Motive and Opportunity”
Art BeckMar 15, 2021
They Can Shut You Out from Your Entire Life: Talking to Michael Heller and James Salzman
"Ownership is not disappearing in the sharing economy — just the opposite."
Andy FitchMar 15, 2021
The Pleasures of Repose: A New Study of Fragonard
A new study of the paintings and drawings of a celebrated artist of the ancien régime.
Paul du QuenoyMar 14, 2021
- Art & Architecture
Looking for Another Party: The Missed Opportunities of Zak Salih’s “Let’s Get Back to the Party”
Joshua Gutterman Tranen on Zak Salih’s “Let’s Get Back to the Party” and the need for more nuanced portraits of the staggering sweep of modern gay life.
Joshua Gutterman TranenMar 14, 2021
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
“One Whole Voice”: A Celebration of Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, and Juan Felipe Herrera
On February 20, 2021, the Los Angeles Review of Books presented the LARB/UCR Lifetime Achievement Award to three groundbreaking Poets Laureate of the United States, Rita Dove, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Joy Harjo.
LARB AVMar 14, 2021
How Faith Happens
Sarah Iles Johnston considers "How God Becomes Real," the recently published book by T. M. Luhrmann.
Sarah Iles JohnstonMar 14, 2021
- Religion
LARB’s Best: Poetry
The LARB Poetry section is a place for celebration, compassion, and close reading (as well as, apparently, alliteration!).
Mar 14, 2021