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My L.A. in Four Locations: The Bank Robbery Capital of the World
My L.A. in Four Locations is a running feature in which Angelenos share the story of their city through four specific places. This week, Peter Houlahan tours the Bank Robbery Capital of the World.
Peter HoulahanJun 11, 2019
Deana Lawson’s Curtains
Megan Liberty appreciates Deana Lawson's work as well as her new book, "Deana Lawson: An Aperture Monograph."
Megan N. LibertyJun 11, 2019
- Art & Architecture
Writing About Binyavanga Wainaina
On the Kenyan author’s rich — and discomfiting — intellectual legacy.
Raksha VasudevanJun 11, 2019
Looking at the Supreme Court’s Growing Partisan Divide Through Elite-Colored Glasses
Alyson Claire Decker reviews Lawrence Baum and Neal Devins's "The Company They Keep: How Partisan Divisions Came to the Supreme Court."
Alyson Claire DeckerJun 11, 2019
- Law
- Politics
Between Body and Meat: A Review of Nomi Stone's Kill Class
Claire Oleson reviews Nomi Stone's new book of poetry "Kill Class," about her experiences in mock Middle Eastern villages in North Carolina.
Claire OlesonJun 11, 2019
Big Little Lies, "What Have They Done?"
For Dear Television, Phil Maciak considers season two of Big Little Lies, and what director Andrea Arnold has in store for people with kitchens like that.
Phillip MaciakJun 10, 2019
- Dear Television
Unthinking the Family in “Full Surrogacy Now”
Madeline Lane-McKinley considers Sophie Lewis's new book, "Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family."
Madeline Lane-McKinleyJun 10, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Walking Alone: On “Digital Minimalism”
A new book about how to declutter our technologically oversaturated lives.
Taylor FayleJun 10, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
The Suburban Uncanny
Colin DickeyJun 10, 2019
"She Doesn’t Need Us Anymore": A Look at Fleabag Season 2
Sophia Stewart discusses the bittersweet second and final season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's "Fleabag."
Sophia StewartJun 10, 2019
Possums Tell All
Fernando A. FloresJun 9, 2019
- LARB Lit
Climate Change, the Problem from Hell
In "Falter," Bill McKibben once more explains nature’s workings, asks profound questions, and tells wonderful stories.
Franz BaumannJun 9, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology
20th-Century Classics for 21st-Century Audiences: An Interview with Bartlett Sher
Laurie Winer talks to Tony-nominated theater director Bartlett Sher, whose "To Kill a Mockingbird" is currently playing on Broadway.
Laurie WinerJun 9, 2019
- Music
To Preach His Own
A civics sermon series has the power to inspire, but should go further.
Wendy WillisJun 9, 2019
- Politics
The Swan Song of a Secular India?
"This election became a contest of personalities — Modi versus Gandhi."
Harrison AkinsJun 9, 2019
Talking with Lynne Tillman About the Everlasting Fight for Women’s Independence
Karine Leno Ancellin talks to novelist-critic Lynne Tillman about selective memory, the postmodern glut of imagery, and the uneven progress of feminism.
Karine Leno AncellinJun 8, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction