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Yelling “Fire” on a Crowded Knoll
Tom Zoellner considers a new history of the Kent State shootings by Brian VanDeMark.
Archive
Reclaiming Academic Freedom
Michael Meranze reviews David M. Rabban’s “Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.”
Purely Carnal
Jourdain Searles considers Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl.”
The Evil That Lies Beneath
Cory Oldweiler reviews Russian author Sergei Lebedev’s novel “The Lady of the Mine,” translated by Antonina W. Bouis.
A Young Life Tragically Lost
Mark Athitakis reviews Lily Tuck’s novel “The Rest Is Memory.”
Under the Table
Sam Bodrojan considers “Anora” and the emasculated sadism of Sean Baker.
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.”
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