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Decimated, Then Reassembled on Arrival: Lore Segal’s Legacy
Na’amit Sturm Nagel pays tribute to the late Lore Segal, a novelist who wrote autobiographically.
Na’amit Sturm NagelDec 15, 2024
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Watching “The Diplomat” After Election Night
Paul Allen Anderson analyzes the failures of the liberal dream in Netflix’s “The Diplomat,” in light of Donald Trump’s reelection.
Paul Allen AndersonDec 15, 2024
- Television
- Politics
Syria: From Conflict to Transition
With the world’s eyes on Syria, Maxine Davey reflects on Najwa al-Qattan’s essay on Rania Abouzeid’s “No Turning Back” and the human cost of the civil war.
Maxine DaveyDec 15, 2024
- Politics
- History
Three New Poems: “Straining for the Noise,” “Srdičko Bolí,” and “Has Your Spirit Dried Up?”
The LARB Quarterly, no. 43: “Fixation” presents new poems from Jenny Xie, Claressinka Anderson, and emet ezell.
Jenny Xie, Claressinka Anderson, emet ezellDec 14, 2024
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Kathryn Davis’ “Versailles”
Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by writer Kathryn Davis to discuss her novel “Versailles.”
LARB Radio HourDec 13, 2024
A Place, Not a Refuge
Katie Peterson reviews “What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt,” translated and edited by Samantha Rose Hill with Genese Grill.
Katie PetersonDec 13, 2024
- Poetry
- Philosophy & Religion
Disaster Triumphant
Visiting Trinity Site, location of the Manhattan Project, Christopher Kempf is stunned by the failures of the American curatorial imagination.
Christopher KempfDec 12, 2024
- Science & Technology
- History
A Soundtrack of Irrationalism
Blaire Briody considers localized extremism as portrayed in Sasha Abramsky’s “Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America.”
Blaire BriodyDec 12, 2024
- Politics
Seriality and Slow Grief
Lauren Eriks Cline looks back at 20 years of the TV series “Lost” and the lessons it holds for us today.
Lauren Eriks ClineDec 11, 2024
- Television
- Cultural Studies
Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Angelenos
A. J. Urquidi battles winter temperatures, Trump cameos, and banh mi wait times to reevaluate the first two “Home Alone” movies at an L.A. outdoor screening.
A. J. UrquidiDec 11, 2024
The Only Girl in the World: On Madonna and “Desperately Seeking Susan”
Brontez Purnell pays tribute to Madonna through a close reading of her performance in “Desperately Seeking Susan,” in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation.”
Brontez PurnellDec 10, 2024
- LARB Lit
- Music
Hermes in the Greenhouse
After an oil Mordor detour, Steve Kado meets artist-orchidist Jason Gomez and the plant perverts at CSU Bakersfield’s gallery.
Steve KadoDec 10, 2024
How Much Still Abides
In conversation at a LARB Luminary Dinner, Richard Powers and Rosanna Xia discuss cross-genre environmental writing, storytelling as music-making, and finding inspiration at the bottom of the ocean.
Rosanna XiaDec 9, 2024
- Fiction
- Environment
Falling in Love with Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson scholar Trenton B. Olsen reviews “A Wilder Shore” by Camille Peri.
Trenton B. OlsenDec 8, 2024
- Literary Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography
Syria’s Forgotten Island of Opposition
In an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Charlie Clewis reports from a military compound in the Syrian desert.
Charlie ClewisDec 7, 2024
Raoul Peck’s “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found”
Kate Wolf speaks to filmmaker Raoul Peck about his latest documentary, “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” out in theaters now.
LARB Radio HourDec 6, 2024