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“Stronger Than Steel”: On Rowan Ricardo Phillips’s “Living Weapon”
Will Brewbaker picks up “Living Weapon” by Rowan Richardo Phillips.
Will BrewbakerApr 16, 2020
- Poetry
Safer at Home
Emma Rault on what it means to be safe at home.
Emma RaultApr 16, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
On Reading Expansively in Confining Times: Ten New Non-Fiction Books Not About Plagues
Jeffrey WasserstromApr 16, 2020
The Death and Life of Blond Ambition: Madonna’s Entrancing Contradictions
Quinn Roberts explores the entrancing contradictions of Madonna’s legacy.
Quinn RobertsApr 16, 2020
“The Last Generation of People to Remember the World”: An Interview with Dan Bevacqua
JoAnna Novak talks with Dan Bevacqua about his first novel "Molly Bit."
JoAnna NovakApr 16, 2020
“Grief Is Singular”: On Victoria Chang’s “Obit”
Carol Muske-Dukes considers “Obit” by Victoria Chang.
Carol Muske-DukesApr 15, 2020
- Poetry
Listening to the Darkness: On Jeff Sharlet’s “This Brilliant Darkness: A Book of Strangers”
L. Benjamin Rolsky looks at "This Brilliant Darkness," the new book from Jeff Sharlet.
L. Benjamin RolskyApr 15, 2020
Come Closer, Please: Can We Pay More Attention to Stories of Care?
Justin Abraham LindsApr 15, 2020
Work on the Dark Side: An Inside Look at Guantanamo
Michael Rapkin, attorney for numerous Guantanamo detainees, reviews "A Place Outside the Law" by Peter Jan Honigsberg.
Michael RapkinApr 15, 2020
A Rebirth of the Political Novel: Talking with Amir Ahmadi Arian
Elham Mohammadnejad talks with Amir Ahmadi Arian about having his stories banned in Iran and his book "Then the Fish Swallowed Him."
Elham MohammadnejadApr 15, 2020
The Fire and the Fizzle
Jerald Podair reviews "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," a new history from Mike Davis and Jon Wiener.
Jerald PodairApr 14, 2020
- History
- Politics
Set the Night on Fire
LARB presents an excerpt from Mike Davis and Jon Wiener"s "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties."
Jon Wiener, Mike DavisApr 14, 2020
- History
- Politics
The Quarantine Files: Thinkers in Self-Isolation
Brad Evans curates a series of reflections by leading thinkers on the pandemic and its consequences.
Adrian Parr, Brad Evans, Brian Massumi, Camille Dungy, Chantal Meza, Cynthia Enloe, David Theo Goldberg, Eugene Thacker, Eyal Weizman, George Yancy, Henry A. Giroux, Jack Halberstam, Jake Chapman, Julian Reid, Kehinde Andrews, Lauren Berlant, McKenzie Wark, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Roberto Esposito, Russell Brand, Saidiya Hartman, Simon Critchley, Simona Forti, Todd May, Wendy BrownApr 14, 2020
The Coronavirus Crisis as a Missed Opportunity: A Lesson from an Old Testament Story
Clemena AntonovaApr 14, 2020
An Ersatz Wonderland: On Stephen Wright’s “Processed Cheese”
Stephen Wright’s new novel is a scathingly funny satire of an ad-saturated, media-distracted, money-dominated society.
Rob LathamApr 14, 2020
- Fiction
Come Together: Queer Art in a Time of Social Distancing
Jonathan Alexander discusses how to view Xavier Schipani and Paul Mpagi Sepuya's exhibitions from behind a screen and have them still mean something.
Jonathan AlexanderApr 14, 2020