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Confronting and Fighting Horror: On David Livingstone Smith’s “On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It”
Linda Roland Danil considers “On Inhumanity,” David Livingstone Smith’s new treatise on dehumanization.
Linda Roland DanilMay 6, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
Sleight of Hand: On Meena Kandasamy’s “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers”
Stephanie Sy-Quia looks at two recent novels from Meena Kandasamy, “When I Hit You” and “Exquisite Cadavers.”
Stephanie Sy-QuiaMay 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Making and Measuring Education at Home: From Maria Edgeworth to the Kid Interrupting Your Attempt to Read These Words
Joani EtskovitzMay 6, 2020
Desire and Disease in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice
Anthony Schneck finds lessons for today's pandemic in Thomas Mann's "Death in Venice."
Anthony SchneckMay 6, 2020
Pandemic Personals: “Wanted — small guaranteed basic income for needy person”
Arthur McCaffrey looks at the growing appeals for and logic behind a universal basic income to address pandemic concerns.
Arthur McCaffreyMay 5, 2020
Holy Simplicity: On Louise Erdrich’s “The Night Watchman”
Thomas J. Millay reviews Louise Erdrich's new novel, "The Night Watchman."
Thomas J. MillayMay 5, 2020
- Fiction
Hermeneutics and the Framing of “Truth”
Are philosophical relativism and “post-truth” really the same?
William EggintonMay 5, 2020
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics
Hiding from Pandemics, and from Ourselves: The Case of Ben Jonson
Robert N. WatsonMay 5, 2020
Who Sabotaged the American Economy? Thorstein Veblen Knows
What Veblen can teach us about managing the economy in the era of COVID-19.
Paul W. GleasonMay 4, 2020
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Histories of Violence: The Violence of Denial — Rwanda and the Lived Memory of Genocide
Brad Evans speaks with Linda Melvern, whose latest book is “Intent to Deceive: Denying the Genocide of the Tutsi.”
Brad EvansMay 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Histories of Violence
Rereading Jane Jacobs in Quarantine
Apoorva Tadepalli thinks about the lessons of Jane Jacobs and the lockdown of the city that gave her inspiration.
Apoorva TadepalliMay 4, 2020
A Time Capsule of Queer LA: Tom of Finland & Circus of Books
Talking queer LA landmarks
LARB Radio HourMay 4, 2020
A Portrait of Modern Homelessness: Talking with Lauren Sandler
Christine Bader interviews Lauren Sandler about her book "This Is All I Got."
Christine BaderMay 3, 2020
Thinking with Sam See’s “Queer Natures, Queer Mythologies”: Introduction
A forum on Sam See by Merve Emre, Christopher Looby, Kate Marshall, Wendy Moffat, Michael North, and Caleb Smith.
May 3, 2020
Unvicarious: Reading with Sam See
What Sam See is looking for in the art he loves is something other than escape. He is seeking forms of shelter.
Caleb SmithMay 3, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
The Bullet/The Amulet
For my work on Sidney Howard, I collected shards of meaning, but how to look at these discoveries was informed by Sam See.
Wendy MoffatMay 3, 2020
- History
- Literary Criticism