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Just a Draft on the Wall Might Interest Me: Talking to Michael Burkard
Andy Fitch talks to poet Michael Burkard about his poetry collections, old and new.
Andy FitchNov 30, 2018
Collaging Together Scraps of Trauma: Karen Green’s “Frail Sister”
In "Frail Sister," Green’s elegant collaging of image and text makes for a compelling story that stands in for so many women’s lives cut short.
Megan N. LibertyNov 29, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Fiction
“The Poem Doesn’t Happen Until You Roam Away”: A Conversation with Eloise Klein Healy
The poet laureate of Los Angeles on relearning language.
Tara IsonNov 29, 2018
- Poetry
René Girard: Why We Want What We Want
Robert Harrison talks with Stanford's expert on human desire, René Girard, whose work reached across disciplines to embrace anthropology, sociology, history, religions, and even the hard sciences.
Nov 29, 2018
What Does Jill Soloway Want?
Meredith Maran takes a look at Jill Soloway’s new memoir, “She Wants It,” which delves into the noted director and writer’s political awakening.
Meredith MaranNov 29, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Guadagnino’s Suspiria: Dark Dance for Dark Times
Gillian Jakab reviews Luca Guadagnino's remake of Dario Argento’s 1977 horror film, "Suspiria."
Gillian JakabNov 29, 2018
Fascism in the Offing
Adrian Van Young reviews “Transcription” by Kate Atkinson.
Adrian Van YoungNov 28, 2018
- Noir
My Favorite Year: In Los Angeles with Eve Babitz in 1971
Dan Wakefield recalls his favorite year, spent with Eve Babitz in her city.
Dan WakefieldNov 28, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
The Ugly Poverty of Violence: Michael Datcher’s “Americus”
"Americus," saturated by emotional taboos and an overarching miasma of racism, reads as a mortician’s journal of an extended embalming.
Peter J. HarrisNov 28, 2018
- Fiction
A Post-Mortem of the 2018 Midterm Elections with Ben Fountain
Steven Wingate discusses the 2018 midterm elections with Ben Fountain, author of "Beautiful Country Burn Again."
Steven WingateNov 28, 2018
“The Great Chain of Being”: Alice Major’s “Welcome to the Anthropocene”
In “Welcome to the Anthropocene,” Alice Major sets up the natural world as dominant over our knowledge of it.
Hannah RogersNov 27, 2018
- Poetry
Anna Maria Ortese’s Unforgiving Vision in “Neapolitan Chronicles”
Eloisa Morra unmasks the challenging nature of Anna Maria Ortese’s classic fiction-reportage hybrid “Neapolitan Chronicles.”
Eloisa MorraNov 27, 2018
The Children of Catastrophes: On Vladimir Sharov’s “The Rehearsals”
Caryl Emerson considers the legacy of the late Vladimir Sharov, whose novel “The Rehearsals” is now available in Oliver Ready’s translation.
Caryl EmersonNov 27, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Reimagining Disability Justice: An Interview with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Eleanor J. Bader interviews Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha about her book "Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice."
Eleanor J. BaderNov 27, 2018
Nothing Ever Ends: Wolfgang Hilbig's The Females
Ross McElwain reviews "The Females" by German author and poet Wolfgang Hilbig, translated by Isabel Fargo Cole.
Ross McElwainNov 27, 2018
“Was America Born Capitalist?”: On John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity”
LARB presents an excerpt from “As a City on a Hill: The Story of America’s Most Famous Lay Sermon” by Daniel T. Rodgers.
Daniel T. RodgersNov 26, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- History