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A Softer, Gentler Plate
Madeleine Connors consumes 780 meatballs (sentimental) at the Garibaldina Pasta Platter in Highland Park.
Archive
Fitful Glimpses and Spurts
Katie Kadue reviews Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz.”
Whose Future Is It Anyway?
Jess Maginity reviews Jordan S. Carroll’s “Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right.”
All the Honky-Tonk Babies Have Broken Hearts
Drew Bratcher considers the career of Hank Williams Jr. and the anxiety of his father’s influence.
Chronicles of Collapse
Erik Loomis reviews “The Burning Earth: A History” by Sunil Amrith.
Tighten Up
Brendan Boyle considers Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance.”
Real Dolls
Kara Rota reviews Coralie Fargeat’s film “The Substance.”
It’s Time for My Voice to Be Deferred
In the latest installment of Screen Shots, Michael Szalay reviews Alfonso Cuarón’s new Apple TV+ series “Disclaimer.”
The Hegemony of What Was Real
Frank Falisi interviews Jeff VanderMeer about his new novel “Absolution.”
Forrest Gander’s “Mojave Ghost”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist, and translator Forrest Gander to discuss his new book, “Mojave Ghost.”
Pornsick Nabokov
Mike Jeffrey considers Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.”
Playing with the Past
Cory Oldweiler reviews Federica Marzi’s novel “My Home Somewhere Else,” newly translated by Jim Hicks.
Archive Fever: Los Angeles Review of Books’ Post-Election Roundup
In light of the election, LARB editors present a selection of archival pieces that reveal what we know (and do not) about ourselves as a nation.
The Elizabeth Strout Formula
Annie Berke considers adaptation, crossovers, and genre in her review of the novelist’s latest, “Tell Me Everything.”
A Different Dust Bowl
Tia Glista reviews Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s “Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.”
Everything Leads to Something Else
Rowland Bagnall explores Beverley Bie Brahic’s “Apple Thieves.”
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