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From the Pudong Airport to Tiananmen Square
Rebecca F. Kuang reviews Lai Wen’s “Tiananmen Square” and Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders.”
Archive
Cults, Yoga, and #YouToo
R. John Williams considers what the HBO docuseries “Breath of Fire” reveals about “new” religious experiences.
Unspoken Spaces
Akanksha Singh interviews Jokha Alharthi about her latest novel, “Silken Gazelles.”
Nothing Is Certain Except Death and Taxidermy
Brittany Menjivar stuffs herself with trivia on the art of museum dioramas.
Two New Stories: “Pigfoot” and “Witches of Fresno”
In a pair of flash fiction pieces from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Venita Blackburn traces the porous border between this life and one beyond.
Cyber Celebrity Skin
Jack Skelley reports from a star-struck showcase of cyborg feminists, futuristic fetishists, and booty mutants: Jeffrey Deitch’s “Post Human” revival.
A Chemical Window to See Outside
Julia Case-Levine reviews Emily Witt’s “Health and Safety: A Breakdown.”
Yet Still the Earth Burns
M. Keith Booker reviews Gabrielle Korn’s new novel “The Shutouts.”
There Are No Cynics Among the March Sisters
Dorie Chevlen explains TikTok to the March sisters in an immersive adaptation of “Little Women” at the Heritage Square Museum.
Renee Gladman’s Experiments in Form
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman are joined by writer and artist Renee Gladman to discuss the re-release of “To After That (TOAF)” and her latest book, “My Lesbian Novel.”
An Act of Transgression
Will DiGravio reviews Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon’s “The Biggest Thing in Show Business: Living It Up with Martin & Lewis.”
The Hazards of Slavery
Scott Spillman reviews Seth Rockman’s “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery.”
Writing Los Angeles
Here is a collection of pieces from the past 14 years, all about our inimitable city.
The Character of Chinese Computing
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham reviews Thomas S. Mullaney’s “The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age.”
The Gospel According to Jordan
Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews Jordan Peterson’s “We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine.”
Body as Instrument, Instrument as Body
Brandon Sward, butt fused to seat, watches magnetic performers whisper sweat nothings at the sweltering L.A. Dance Project studios.
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