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More Than “Tra-La-La”: On Vernon Duke, Igor Stravinsky, and Russian Musical Émigrés
Harlow Robinson turns his ear to “Taking a Chance on Love” by George Harwood Phillips and “In Stravinsky’s Orbit” by Klára Móricz.
Harlow RobinsonSep 15, 2020
Live in Conversation: Vievee Francis and Sebastian Matthews
For Red Hen Press, Memoirist Sebastian Matthews and poet Vievee Francis join to discuss Matthews’ "Beyond Repair: Living in a Fractured State."
Sebastian MatthewsSep 15, 2020
The One With(out) the Gender Binary: Rewatching “Friends” and “Coupling”
Sam Moore watches reruns of Friends and Couplings only to find two shows defined by their own rigid definitions of gender and sexuality.
Sam MooreSep 15, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
The Gigantor of Art
Alex Ross’s new book on Wagner teases out the great conductors many contradictions.
Tim RileySep 15, 2020
- Music
No Crisis
“No Crisis” is a Los Angeles Review of Books series considering the state of critical thinking and writing in the 21st century.
Sep 15, 2020
Say My Name: On Raven Leilani’s “Luster”
Lee Thomas appreciated "Luster," the debut novel from Raven Leilani.
Lee ThomasSep 14, 2020
- Fiction
Something That Would Be Remembered: On Two Women Noir Trailblazers
Kathleen Jones on two recent biographies of midcentury women of noir: producer Joan Harrison and actress Veronica Lake.
Kathleen B. JonesSep 14, 2020
At Home in the Unseen World
Psychiatrist and historian George Makari remembers his father, Jack Makari, a pioneer of cancer immunology and microbiology.
George MakariSep 14, 2020
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
Antifa Dust
Michael Scott Moore on the history and future of Antifa.
Michael Scott MooreSep 13, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
"Corrupting the Youth": Episode 9
In a nine-part comic series, Ivan Ascher explores the university, the pandemic, and philosophy.
Ivan AscherSep 13, 2020
Dilettantes and Connoisseurs: The Public Intellectual in the United States
On the evolution of the figure of the public intellectual in the internet age.
Robert DaselerSep 13, 2020
Memory in Crisis: On Judith Schalansky’s “An Inventory of Losses”
A catalog of lost objects raises questions about history and memory in our age of mass protest.
Fiona BellSep 13, 2020
The Great Korean Plastic Surgery Novel: Frances Cha's If I Had Your Face
Colin MarshallSep 13, 2020
Queer Homecoming: On Carter Sickels’s “The Prettiest Star”
Zach Shultz on queer homecoming in Appalachia and Cartel Sickel’s “The Prettiest Star.”
Zach ShultzSep 12, 2020
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
The Millennial Blues of “Palm Springs”
Beatrice Loayza writes time-loop rom-com “Palm Springs” as millennial manifesto.
Beatrice LoayzaSep 12, 2020
- Film
"Corrupting the Youth": Episode 8
In a nine-part comic series, Ivan Ascher explores the university, the pandemic, and philosophy.
Ivan AscherSep 12, 2020