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The Radicals in Ryan McIlvain’s New Novel Are Closer Than We’d Like to Admit
Charles Duffie reviews "The Radicals" by Ryan McIlvain.
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Can Journalism Be Saved?
Through its many voices, "Trump and the Media" makes a convincing case that journalism has sailed into dangerous straits.
“Out in the Middle of Nowhere”: A Conversation with Kristin Hannah
RJ Newell talks to Kristin Hannah, author of “The Great Alone,” a novel set in Alaska in the 1970s.
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part IV: Private Time Machine
Chia-Lun Chang engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Un-Reading Clarice Lispector’s “The Chandelier”
Christina Soto van der Plas on the challenges and joys of reading Clarice Lispector's "The Chandelier," recently released by New Directions.
Born to A Gender Gap: Why Should Boys Save, Girls Serve?
Dr. Cynthia Nazarian on the gender gap in children's toys, gender bias in the Girl and Boy Scouts, and Elizabeth I.
Inheriting a Life
Jung Yun reviews “Rainbirds” by Clarissa Goenawan.
Booking Film
Loren Glass considers "From the Third Eye: The Evergreen Review Film Reader," edited by Ed Halter and Barney Rosset.
Obsessions: Breakfast
City Lights in San Francisco
San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore is LARB's newest Reckless Reader member!
“As in an Obituary”: Ivan Blatný’s Songs of Muteness
Jonelle Mannion on the “linguistic nomadism” of Czech poet Ivan Blatný.
“The Genius to Glue Them Together”: On René Girard and His Ideas
An excerpt from Cynthia L. Haven’s “Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard,” which will appear from Michigan State University Press on April 1.
The Face of Science Has Died: Remembering Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)
Jeremy DeSilva in memory of legendary scientist Stephen Hawking, who died last week.
Seeing and Being Seen: A Conversation with Adrian Tomine
Sarah Chihaya talks to Adrian Tomine about his writing process, Asian-American literature, and the Bay Area.
The Bureaucratic Fantasies of Renee Gladman’s “Houses of Ravicka”
Part of the intelligence of “Houses of Ravicka” is how Renee Gladman shows that the administrative and welfare state can be a site of fantasy and nostalgia.
The Prostitute's Kiss
Fiona Helmsley's Short Take: "Myth and Legend" and sex workers.
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