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Zen and the Art of a Higher Education
What value does "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" have today?
Jennifer Ratner-RosenhagenJul 15, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
On Feeling One’s Way: David Russell’s “Tact”
Tanya Agathocleous reviews “Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay Form in Nineteenth-Century” by David Russell.
Tanya AgathocleousJul 15, 2018
- Literary Criticism
Rich White People Problems, or My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Rebecca Renner reviews Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel, "My Year of Rest and Relaxation."
Rebecca RennerJul 15, 2018
As Long as You Stay Alive There’s Hope: An Interview with Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Tahneer Oksman talks to comics artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb about her recently reissued collection, "Love That Bunch."
Tahneer OksmanJul 14, 2018
- Comics
Cheerful Contrarian: Freeman Dyson’s Letters
Sara Lippincott parses theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson's "Maker of Patterns: An Autobiography Through Letters."
Sara LippincottJul 14, 2018
A Humane Remove: Nick Drnaso’s “Sabrina”
Nick Drnaso makes comics of acute psychological realism that approach their subjects from an almost anthropological remove.
Greg HunterJul 14, 2018
- Comics
The Caillou Conceit: Narrative Overexposure and Hyperreal Pacing in Netflix’s Love
Callie Hitchcock reviews Netflix's "Love" in light of the hyperreal storytelling style exhibited in "Caillou."
Callie HitchcockJul 14, 2018
Fear of the Deeps: On Alain Guiraudie’s “Now the Night Begins”
Alain Guiraudie’s novel is perhaps more disturbing than his films, but Alex Wermer-Colan finds the queer cross-generational love story at its center.
Alex Wermer-ColanJul 13, 2018
Delight and Disgust: On the Contradictions and Complicities of Soccer
A new book on the poetics of soccer as lived experience.
Jul 13, 2018
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion
LARB Radio Hour: Mister Rogers and the Art of Radical Empathy
Morgan Neville discusses "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?," about the work and impact of Fred Rogers and his iconic children’s show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
LARB Radio HourJul 13, 2018
Exercises in Self-Destruction: On Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed”
"First Reformed" is a serious exercise in thinking through faith and despair, but at the same time it indulges unabashedly in oneiric pleasures.
Francey RussellJul 13, 2018
- Film
- Religion
The Shape of the Dialogue as a Whole: Talking to Verity Harte
Andy Fitch interviews Verity Harte, author of recent article "Desire, Memory and the Authority of Soul: Plato Philebus 35CD."
Andy FitchJul 13, 2018
Self-Centered or Savior?: Transracial Adoption in “That Kind of Mother”
Alice Stephens finds Rumaan Alam’s “That Kind of Mother” a thoughtful look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of transracial adoption.
Alice StephensJul 12, 2018
- Fiction
Staying Nimble with a Diet of Jokes and a Pinch of Stephen Hawking: A Conversation with Leonard Mlodinow
Nick Owchar talks to Leonard Mlodinow, physicist and the author of five best-selling books, including "The Grand Design," co-authored by Stephen Hawking.
Nick OwcharJul 12, 2018
- Science & Technology
“Apocalypse Child”: A Journey Out of a Cult
"I didn’t so much see my story as a ‘cult’ story as much as my story. It’s everyone else who likes to sensationalize the cult stuff."
Krista LukasJul 12, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Writing an Outpost of the British Empire: Caryl Phillips and Jean Rhys
What Phillips really captures in “A View of the Empire at Sunset” is not so much Jean Rhys’s voice, but her eerie way of being in the world.
Erica JohnsonJul 12, 2018
- Fiction