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Astonishments for Our Time
Lowry Pressly considers “The Condition of Secrecy” by Inger Christensen.
Lowry PresslyApr 4, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
Have Your Dust and Eat It: On Alexander Robinson’s “The Spoils of Dust: Reinventing the Lake that Made Los Angeles”
A book about one of Los Angeles’s biggest historical embarrassments calls for a new way of seeing it as beautiful.
Peter Sebastian ChesneyApr 4, 2019
In the Footsteps of the Inklings: A Conversation with H. S. Cross and Carol and Philip Zaleski
H. S. Cross interviews Carol and Philip Zaleski about the inspiration for their book "The Fellowship" and discusses her own recent release, "Grievous."
Carol and Philip ZaleskiApr 4, 2019
“We the People”: A Guide for the Perplexed Liberal
Erwin Chemerinsky's "We the People" is a rallying cry for progressives to get out of their funk.
Laurie L. LevensonApr 3, 2019
- Law
- Politics
What Makes an Immigrant Good?
Simon Lee reviews "The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America," which offers a range of perspectives on assimilation, pluralism, and Othering.
Simon LeeApr 3, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Becoming Chris: Queerness, Performance, and Héloïse Letissier
Neha Sharma on queerness, performance, identity and the strange case of Héloïse Letissier, leader of Christine and the Queens.
Neha SharmaApr 3, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
America’s Dirty War on Immigrant Children
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco and Nancy Scheper-Hughes discuss the history of state-sponsored family separation in North and Central America.
Nancy Scheper-HughesApr 3, 2019
The Women Will Write Their Own Stories: A Conversation with Miriam Toews
Christine Fischer Guy talks to author Miriam Toews about the Mennonite community, scripture, and her new novel, "Women Talking."
Christine Fischer GuyApr 2, 2019
- Fiction
Emily Wilson on Porous Boundaries and the World of Homer
Robert Wood interviews Emily Wilson about her translation of Homer’s “Odyssey” and the state of the classics.
Robert WoodApr 2, 2019
- Poetry
Never Past: On “The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present”
The Fourth Reich never happened, but its shadow still can be felt.
Brandon TensleyApr 2, 2019
- History
- Politics
My L.A. in Four Locations: Fractured by Sepulveda
My L.A. in Four Locations is a running feature. This week, Sloane Tanen returns to the Los Angeles of her girlhood.
Sloane TanenApr 2, 2019
Now Everything in the World Was Going to Be Rethought: A Conversation with Ann Beattie
Andrew Ervin interviews novelist Ann Beattie on her 21st novel "A Wonderful Stroke of Luck," the simple joys of cooking, and writing advice.
Andrew ErvinApr 2, 2019
Letter from Chernobyl
On the front lines of dark tourism.
Joshua KuceraApr 1, 2019
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
First and Not Last
"First: Sandra Day O’Connor" is the happy product of a rare publishing phenomenon: the marriage of a significant subject with a mature, empathetic writer.
Jonathan ShapiroApr 1, 2019
Giving Up the Ghost
On the trail of Susan Orlean on the trail of the ghost orchid.
Hal SundtApr 1, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
The Monthly Digest: April 2019
Apr 1, 2019