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Art Matters Now — 12 Writers on 20 Years of Art: Paddy Johnson on How Digital Art from 2016 Foreshadowed Our Current Crisis
As I scan headlines meting out the collapse of our institutional structures, I worry that my body is miming what I see.
Paddy JohnsonDec 18, 2020
- Art & Architecture
When Loving Lennon Became Difficult
Lucía Benavides on John Lennon, the man and the artist.
Lucía BenavidesDec 18, 2020
- Music
Camp Russia: On Zakhar Prilepin’s “The Monastery”
Sarah Gear interrogates the politics of Russian nationalist author Zakhar Prilepin and his newly translated novel, “The Monastery.”
Dec 18, 2020
Stars, Bars, and Memoirs
A West Point brigadier general takes aim at the Army’s history of coddling Confederate iconography.
Charles DunstDec 18, 2020
“Toxic” Relationships in the Affective Age
What memoirs by Melissa Febos, Carmen Maria Machado, and Alisson Wood can tell us about our affective age.
Gila AshtorDec 17, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
The Roots of African American AIDS Activism: On Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole”
Charles O’Malley on the innovative, urgent history of Black HIV/AIDS activism in Dan Royles’s “To Make the Wounded Whole.”
Charles O’MalleyDec 17, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2020
LARB presents the December installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 17, 2020
A Grimdark Fantasy: On R. F. Kuang’s “The Burning God”
The Poppy Wars trilogy offers an intense and compelling revisioning of modern China.
Krystal SongDec 17, 2020
- SF
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
A Revolution in Common: A Conversation with Jody A. Forrester
Bernardita García Jiménez talks with Jody A. Forrester about her recently published memoir, "Guns Under the Bed: Memories of a Young Revolutionary."
Bernardita García JiménezDec 16, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Seeing the Mom in Pop: A Conversation with M. I. Devine
The author of “Warhol’s Mother’s Pantry” discusses the pleasures of pop art and the trope of motherhood in popular culture.
Naya ClarkDec 16, 2020
- Art & Architecture
The Puritans Are Alright
Do Puritans get a bad rap? Ed Simon reviews Michael P. Winship's "Hot Protestants."
Ed SimonDec 16, 2020
- History
- Religion
The Battlefield of Memory: On Rana Mitter’s “China’s Good War”
Through Rana Mitter’s book “China’s Good War,” Yangyang Cheng reflects on government control of the memory, legacy, and meaning of World War II in China.
Yangyang ChengDec 15, 2020
Reclaiming Black Beaches: On Alison Rose Jefferson’s “Living the California Dream”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen considers "Living the California Dream: African American Leisure Sites during the Jim Crow Era" by Alison Rose Jefferson.
Eisa Nefertari UlenDec 15, 2020
- History
I’m Not a Conservative, But Please Stop Calling Trumpism “Conservative”
Jessica RiskinDec 15, 2020
The Dreams Matter More
All the debates about “the middle class” come laden with one big false assumption.
John W. W. ZeiserDec 15, 2020
- Politics
Kiese Laymon: How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Speaking author Kiese Laymon
LARB Radio HourDec 14, 2020