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Mike Jeffrey considers Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.”
Mike Jeffrey considers Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection.”
Cory Oldweiler reviews Federica Marzi’s novel “My Home Somewhere Else,” newly translated by Jim Hicks.
In light of the election, LARB editors present a selection of archival pieces that reveal what we know (and do not) about ourselves as a nation.
Annie Berke considers adaptation, crossovers, and genre in her review of the novelist’s latest, “Tell Me Everything.”
Tia Glista reviews Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s “Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb.”
Rowland Bagnall explores Beverley Bie Brahic’s “Apple Thieves.”
Randle Browning reviews Emily Adrian’s new work of autofiction, “Daughterhood.”
Dean Rader reviews “The Dream of Apples: Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca,” translated by Rebecca Seiferle.
Ellena Basada considers Zia Anger’s “My First Film.”
Shinjini Dey reviews Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Navola.”
Gideon Jacobs peers into the uncanny valley of the Republican President-elect.
Brianna Di Monda reviews Domenico Starnone’s “The Mortal and Immortal Life of the Girl from Milan.”
Evan Hill reviews Alexander Ward’s “The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump.”
Kate Wolf speaks with filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing about their new documentary “Union,” which is out in theaters now.
Colin Marshall reviews Jeremy Braddock’s “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”
Robert Pogue Harrison interviews Kamel Daoud about his 2015 novel, “The Meursault Investigation,” translated by John Cullen.