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Under the Table
Sam Bodrojan considers “Anora” and the emasculated sadism of Sean Baker.
Archive
Sleep No More, No More
In a special dispatch from NYC, Brittany Menjivar is but a walking shadow in the background of immersive “Macbeth” production “Sleep No More.”
The Screenwriter Strikes Back: Leigh Brackett in Hollywood
Maria San Filippo explores Leigh Brackett’s career as the screenwriter of “The Big Sleep,” “The Long Goodbye,” and “The Empire Strikes Back.”
My Machine and Me
Greta Rainbow chronicles her year though Glance Back, a net art piece coded by Maya Man.
Complexity as a Liberatory Practice
Tara Anne Dalbow explores artist-poet Mina Loy’s thrilling embrace of contradiction.
Children in Flight and Women in Cages
Johanna Pelikan reviews “Lost Writings: Two Novels by Mina Loy,” edited by Karla Kelsey.
Ins/Outs of 2025
It’s that time again! Enjoy the Ins & Outs of 2024, as predicted by LARB social media savant Maya Chen.
Talking Gets Us Nowhere
Ryan Hamilton reviews Disney+/Hulu’s series about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, “Say Nothing.”
Politics of the Blinding Light
Ximena Prieto reviews Vanessa Holyoak’s “I See More Clearly in the Dark.”
Homespun Tiara
Enzo Escober sits down with Filipina-American trans model and activist Geena Rocero, in a profile from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation.”
What Would Becky Buy?
Tom Zoellner considers Leah Payne’s “God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music.”
I’m Not Queer—I’m Disembodied
Maral Attar-Zadeh explores queerness, death, and desire in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s “Queer.”
I’ll Be Home for “Chritsmas”
A. J. Urquidi escapes from L.A. to uncover lovable Christmas goofery and holly-jolly IP infringements at Candy Cane Lane in Pacific Grove.
Why Kill?
Manan Ahmed Asif considers Rollo Romig’s “I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India.”
Punching Below Weight
Ann de Forest reviews Paul Kahan’s “Philadelphia: A Narrative History.”
Ariana Reines’s “Wave of Blood”
In our last episode of the year, Kate Wolf speaks with the poet, playwright, and performance artist Ariana Reines about her latest book, “Wave of Blood.”
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