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That Wacky World of Federal Criminal Laws
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Mike Chase's "How to Become a Federal Criminal: An Illustrated Handbook for the Aspiring Offender."
Laurie L. LevensonFeb 23, 2020
- Law
Bong Joon-ho's Biggest Victory: Accepting His Oscars in Korean
Colin Marshall asks, "What if Westerners respect you more for speaking Korean than English?"
Colin MarshallFeb 23, 2020
In Search of Samuel R. Delany
Lavelle Porter considers "In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delaney, Volume I, 1957–1969."
Lavelle PorterFeb 22, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
- SF
The College Debt Double Bind
Andrea Penman-Lomeli reviews "Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost," a new book by Caitlin Zaloom.
Andrea Penman-LomeliFeb 22, 2020
- Economics and Finance
- Education
Out of the Waiting Room of History: Ritwik Ghatak’s Cinema of Partition
Swagato Chakravorty on the rediscovery of Ritwik Ghatak’s films, and what it says about how Western cultural institutions frame the idea of world cinema.
Swagato ChakravortyFeb 22, 2020
“Ethics” and “AI”: Can We Use These Terms to Take Effective Action?
Rebecca MacKinnon discusses how we might develop and deploy standards for fairness in artificial intelligence and algorithm-based applications.
Rebecca MacKinnonFeb 22, 2020
What Artificial Intelligence Is Not
Kate Klonick takes on misconceptions about what AI is and what it can be.
Kate KlonickFeb 22, 2020
The Forum We Can’t Escape
"Problems we’ve left unchecked and unnegotiated in our digital forums are now, thanks in part to AI, spilling over into our physical streets and plazas."
An Xiao MinaFeb 22, 2020
"We See Things as We Are": Talking with Alice Pung
Jay Anderson interviews Alice Pung about race in Australia and her latest book “Close to Home.”
Jay AndersonFeb 22, 2020
Love in the USSR: On Sonallah Ibrahim’s “Ice”
Giovanni Vimercati reviews “Ice,” the recently released novel by Sonallah Ibrahim in a translation by Margaret Litvin.
Giovanni VimercatiFeb 21, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Strange Equality in His Grandiosity: On Craft and Milan Kundera
Reading Milan Kundera is much less like reading philosophy or theory than it is like watching a psychological chess master play himself.
Gina FrangelloFeb 21, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Real Life Rock Top 10: February 2020
LARB presents the February installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusFeb 21, 2020
- Film
- Music
The Shell Game: From “Get Out” to “Parasite”
Juxtaposing "Get Out" and "Parasite" raises uneasy questions about how American audiences process racial injury versus economic injury.
Anne Anlin ChengFeb 21, 2020
- Around the World
- Film
Institutional Devotion: Talking to Yuval Levin
Andy Fitch talks with Yuval Levin about the breakdown of institutions and how we’ve gone wrong.
Andy FitchFeb 21, 2020
Adapting Your Experience: A Conversation with Zia Anger
Holly Connolly interviews director Zia Anger on “My First Film,” a film-theater hybrid performance on the nature of process, failure, and self-disclosure.
Holly ConnollyFeb 20, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Film
A Murder Club Instruction Manual: An Interview with Wendy Heard
Gabino Iglesias interviews Wendy Heard about her new novel, “The Kill Club.”
Gabino IglesiasFeb 20, 2020
- Noir