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The Humanities in the Age of Loneliness
"Save the planet, read a book." Robert Newman on how to prevent the Eremocene.
Robert D. NewmanAug 19, 2019
“How Can Anything Feel Unified?”: On Tina Chang’s “Hybrida”
Rachel Carroll considers “Hybrida” by Tina Chang.
Rachel CarrollAug 18, 2019
- Poetry
Imitation and Extinction: The Case Against Reality
Donald D. HoffmanAug 18, 2019
Biddy Mason: A Free Woman in Los Angeles
Candace Cooper reviews "Biddy Mason Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice)," a new book by Arisa White and Laura Atkins.
Candace CooperAug 18, 2019
The Self That No One Chooses: A Q-and-A with Chris Dennis on “Here Is What You Do: Stories”
Katya Apekina speaks with Chris Dennis, author of “Here Is What You Do.”
Katya ApekinaAug 18, 2019
- Fiction
A Liberation Day Protest Raises the Question: How Anti-Japanese Is Korea, Really?
"Some stress that the target of this anger isn't the Japanese people, and isn't even the nation of Japan per se, but Abe in particular."
Colin MarshallAug 18, 2019
Magical Maps and Island Utopias: On G. Willow Wilson’s “The Bird King”
A metatextual bildungsroman about religion, war, and love, “The Bird King” enriches the genre of historical fantasy.
Rachel CordascoAug 17, 2019
- SF
(Un)happy Partners: On Jazz and Independent Film
How American independent cinema learned improvisation from jazz.
Daniel FelsenthalAug 17, 2019
- Film
- Music
Keep Even Man Where He Belongs
John W. W. Zeiser on the graphic adaptations "The Epic of Gilgamesh" by Kent H. Dixon and Kevin H. Dixon and "Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories" by Peter Kuper.
John W. W. ZeiserAug 17, 2019
- Comics
A Case for Reparations for Heirs of the Victims of Lynching
Gordon Marino makes a common-sense, serious case for reparations to be paid to descendants of lynching victims.
Gordon MarinoAug 17, 2019
Among the Believers: Ammon Bundy and America's Armed Libertarian Right-Wing
LARB Radio HourAug 16, 2019
The Passing of Time: On Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s and Luchino Visconti’s “The Leopard”
Melissa Holbrook Pierson is overwhelmed by two great works named “The Leopard.”
Melissa Holbrook PiersonAug 16, 2019
Comprehension Way Ahead of Speech: On Renato Rosaldo’s “The Chasers”
A distinguished anthropologist explores the memoir as a form of auto-ethnography.
Tara WestmorAug 16, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Benjamin Moser and the Smallest Woman in the World
Magdalena Edwards tells of her experience with Benjamin Moser, author of the forthcoming “Sontag: Her Life and Work.”
Magdalena EdwardsAug 16, 2019
- Around the World
- Biography & Autobiography
Toward a Useful Melancholy: On Howard Norman’s Ghost Stories
Mark Athitakis assesses one of our most intelligent novelists of melancholy, Howard Norman.
Mark AthitakisAug 16, 2019
- Fiction
The Valuable in What Is Available: Questions for Stacey Abrams
Andy Fitch asks questions he would have posed to Stacey Abrams.
Andy FitchAug 16, 2019