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Aches and Joys on the Long Road of Life
Ramsey Mathews finds Jesse Ball’s novel “Census” an odd and poignant read.
Ramsey MathewsMar 6, 2018
- Fiction
What Deep Learning Gets Wrong About Language
Roberto Ray Agudo considers how translation applications fall short, despite Deep Learning.
Roberto Rey AgudoMar 6, 2018
In Defense of the Small Audience
Sara Finnerty gains inspiration and hope from the documentary "Spettacolo," about an experimental play put on in an ancient town in Italy.
Sara FinnertyMar 6, 2018
A Love Affair with a Body Count
On “Sunburn” by Laura Lippman.
Karen BrissetteMar 5, 2018
- Noir
A Historian’s Call to Arms
Anne Richardson reviews Mary Beard's "Women & Power: A Manifesto."
Anne RichardsonMar 5, 2018
Mary Beard Discusses Women, Power, and #MeToo
LARB Law Editor Don Franzen talks to Mary Beard about her new manifesto.
Don FranzenMar 5, 2018
“You Were Always My Hero”: Magical Realism in Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters
Niv M. Sultan reviews Guillermo del Toro's animated show "Trollhunters."
Niv M. SultanMar 5, 2018
Alessandro Spina’s Anti-Colonial Hospitality, Then and Now
The first volume of Alessandro Spina’s magnum opus speaks uncomfortably to our current moment.
Giovanni VimercatiMar 4, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Must Atheists Trash Religion?
On Tim Crane's "The Meaning of Belief: Religion from an Atheist’s Point of View."
Todd MayMar 4, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
“Each of Us Has His or Her Own Camus”: An Interview with Catherine Camus
Robert Zaretsky interviews Catherine Camus about her father, Albert Camus, and his correspondence with Maria Casarès.
Robert ZaretskyMar 4, 2018
“No Longer the Person I Was”: The Dazzling Correspondence of Albert Camus and Maria Casarès
Robert Zaretsky on the correspondence between Albert Camus and Maria Casarès.
Robert ZaretskyMar 4, 2018
The #MeToo-ing of Ko Un, Korea's Best Hope for a Nobel Prize
Colin Marshall on Korea's #MeToo movement and renowned poet Ko Un.
Colin MarshallMar 4, 2018
Ephemeral Style
Colin Vanderburg on Brent Hayes Edwards’s “Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination.”
Colin VanderburgMar 3, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Music
Behind the Lens: Prince and Bruce Springsteen as Seen Through Their Personal Photographers
What can Bruce Springsteen's and Prince's personal photographers tell us about their subjects?
Eric DeggansMar 3, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Music
Quasi Duo Fantasias: A Straussian Reading of “Black Panther”
Slavoj Žižek offers a Straussian reading of “Black Panther.”
Slavoj ŽižekMar 3, 2018
- Film
The Bard of Auburn: Getting Weird in the Long Valley
Scott Bradfield on Clark Ashton Smith.
Scott BradfieldMar 3, 2018
- SF