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A Last Resort
Cory Oldweiler considers German author Franziska Gänsler’s debut novel, “Eternal Summer,” newly translated by Imogen Taylor.
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Making Art Under Fascism
Kai Maristed reviews the new translation of Austro-German author Daniel Kehlmann’s 2023 novel “The Director,” translated by Ross Benjamin.
Riding the Korean Wave
Oliver Wang interviews Euny Hong about her expanded edition of “The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture.”
The Teeming Earth
Bathsheba Demuth reviews Ferris Jabr’s “Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life.”
The Paradox of the Second Person
Nathan Wainstein reexamines Naughty Dog’s 2020 game “The Last of Us Part II.”
A Total Assault on the University
James Chandler argues that claims of combating antisemitism are a bogus rationale for the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on universities, from 2017 to the present.
Listening to the Nonhuman World: On Including Other Life-Forms in Politics
In this first of a two-part essay, Jonathan Blake considers recent books on the political rights of nonhuman beings.
Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Sarah Schulman about her latest book, “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity.”
How Librarians Found Themselves on the Front Line of the Culture War
Melina Moe considers Amanda Jones’s “That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America.”
An Irishman’s Love Letter to Saigon
Mary Kay Magistad investigates Connla Stokes’s “Falling for Saigon.”
You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Chains: A May Day Reading List
In celebration of May Day, LARB probes the archives for illuminating essays and interviews on the history of workers, their rights, and the challenges they face for their futures.
Because We Care
Danielle Chelosky reviews Constance Debré’s “Name,” translated by Lauren Elkin.
The Whole Idea of Knowing the Truth
Elizabeth Barton trawls through the newly opened Joan Didion archives at New York Public Library to learn about the making of the author’s first book.
The World of Yesterday, Today
Tim Brinkhof considers the relevance of Stefan Zweig’s 1942 autobiography for our own authoritarian times.
Reading Behind Bars, and Beyond Barriers
Jackie Snow reflects on what working for a books-to-prisons nonprofit has taught her about reading.
Savage Meritocracies
Alix Ohlin revisits Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
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