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Strange Woofs
Rowland Bagnall reads the previously uncollected dream songs of John Berryman.
Archive
Mute Thought
Thomas Waller on Lygia Clark at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
Fascist Pleasures and Failed Satire
David Shipko faces down postmodern fascism in the video game “Helldivers 2.”
The Womb and the Web
Isabel Davis considers Amanda Hess’s new book about bringing a baby into a world of smart technology and data harvesting.
Keeping House
Marina Magloire writes on the Clifton House, the Pamoja workshop, revolution, and refuge, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Will I Ever Stop Wanting?
Tierney Finster traverses “Flat Earth,” Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel.
So Many Things Have Vanished
Conor Williams sits down with film critic Melissa Anderson to discuss her recent essay collection.
Ta-Ta for Now
Sophie van Well Groeneveld visits a Wolfgang Tillmans survey, the final exhibition at Centre Pompidou before its renovation.
Airbrushed Tan Lines
Whitney Mallett visits a porn shoot in Spain.
When Story Loses the Plot
Hannah H. Kim ponders the plotless narrative as a tool for meaning-making.
Tales from Two Critics: A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson on the Year in Film
Film critics and authors A.S Hamrah and Melissa Anderson join the podcast to talk about 2025 in film, the Warner Bros. sale, AI use, and more.
Has English Killed Global Literature?
Chloe Garcia Roberts considers J. M. Coetzee and Mariana Dimópulos’s new book on translation.
He Understood Us
Carrie Courogen remembers the cross-genre brilliance of Rob Reiner’s filmmaking.
Taix
Anahid Nersessian people-watches at Taix in the most recent installment of I Come Here Often, from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
There’s No Telling
Annie Berke considers timelines not taken in new novels by Erin Somers and Catherine Newman.
I Wanted to Tell a Different Story
Lydi Conklin discusses cancel culture, queer identity, and trauma responses with Anna Marie Cain.
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