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The Progress of Conversation: Talking to Mary Margaret McCabe
Andy Fitch interviews Mary Margaret McCabe about her book "Platonic Conversations."
Andy FitchJun 1, 2018
Youtube Comment #2 to Björk - Sacrifice - Live @ Zénith de Paris, France, March, 8th (08-03-2013)
Art 1, Child 0.
Yxta Maya MurrayMay 31, 2018
- LARB Lit
Notes from Underground: WGN’s Black-Cast Quality TV Experiment
How did “Underground” become a test case for black-cast quality TV? And how does its failure show us the way the industry associates blackness with risk?
Alfred L. Martin Jr.May 31, 2018
- Television
Is Your Job a Bunch of B.S.?
Most corporate jobs exist not to create anything meaningful but to go through expected rituals. And most people know this instinctually.
John SchneiderMay 31, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
An Invisible Violence: A Conversation with Leïla Slimani
Rebecca Schultz interviews Leïla Slimani about her latest novel "The Perfect Nanny."
Rebecca SchultzMay 31, 2018
Sam's Dream
Jorie GrahamMay 30, 2018
- LARB Lit
Small Victories
Kim Fay interviews Alan Parks about his debut novel, “Bloody January.”
Kim FayMay 30, 2018
- Noir
Martyr at the Picnic Table
Aaron RobertsonMay 30, 2018
- Religion
Stagecoach Music Festival, in Photographs
Armed only with two disposable cameras, Matthew Stevens chronicles Stagecoach Music Festival.
Matthew StevensMay 30, 2018
Thoughts on Tenure and Free Speech from an Untenured Faculty Member
Michelle Falkoff argues that tenure preserves job security for those whose speech is most frequently under threat.
Michelle FalkoffMay 30, 2018
The Void Behind the Face of Order: Robert Aickman’s Strange Stories
A new collection of rare ghost stories by a British master of the form.
Gregory MorrisonMay 29, 2018
- SF
Odds and Ends: Fictive Probability in Helen DeWitt’s “Some Trick”
In DeWitt’s new collection “Some Trick,” keen insights give a distinctive glimpse at how moments of creation blossom.
Adam FalesMay 29, 2018
- Fiction
The Wrong Stuff
Helen DeWittMay 29, 2018
- Art & Architecture
When Poetry is a Crime
Joanna Chen visits Dareen Tatour, who currently faces up to eight years in prison in Israel.
Joanna ChenMay 29, 2018
More Like You
Sloane CrosleyMay 28, 2018
- Nonfiction
The Brothers Goldberg
Tod Goldberg interviews his older brother Lee Goldberg, author of “True Fiction.”
Tod GoldbergMay 28, 2018
- Noir