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The Straight Way Was Lost: Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra”
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s “Call Me Zebra” threads narrative and theory to depict the isolating experience of exile.
Nathan Scott McNamaraFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
Injustice and Intimacy in Tayari Jones’s “An American Marriage”
Tina McElroy Ansa reviews Tayari Jones's new novel.
Tina McElroy AnsaFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction
First Tragedy – Then, Farce
Junko Terao's contribution to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Who Do We Think We Are” conference.
Junko TeraoFeb 6, 2018
Broadway Books in Portland, OR
The newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program is Broadway Books in Portland Oregon.
Caitlin JohnsonFeb 6, 2018
The Terror Is Constant: On Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s “Nothing Personal”
A collaboration between two 20th-century greats.
Buzz PooleFeb 5, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Shame, Porn, and Perversion: On Erica Garza’s “Getting Off”
Kristin Sanders talks about sex, addiction, and technology in her review of Erica Garza’s new memoir, “Getting Off.”
Kristin SandersFeb 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
How to Find God (on YouTube)
A new book on “network Christianity” might include some clues to the rise of Donald Trump.
James K. A. SmithFeb 5, 2018
- Religion
"Comfort Women": Traveling Between History and Hope
Elizabeth W. Son on "comfort women," or survivors of wartime sexual violence, and ways in which others can assist in reparations.
Dr. Elizabeth W. SonFeb 5, 2018
Unexpected Directions: Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs” and the Erasure of the Meaning of Difference
Mariam Rahmani on the pleasures and disappointments of Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs.”
Mariam RahmaniFeb 4, 2018
We Stay in Love with Our Freedom: A Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Joy KMT interviews poet Alexis Pauline Gumbs about her new book, "Spill."
Joy KMTFeb 4, 2018
- Poetry
Ishiguro’s Orphans
The inimitable fictions of the 2017 Nobel laureate.
Robert CreminsFeb 4, 2018
- Fiction
Letter from Gangneung, the Real Capital of the 2018 Winter Olympics
Colin Marshall reports from Gangneung, the biggest city in Pyeongchang County, where much of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held.
Colin MarshallFeb 4, 2018
Undemocratic Democracy
Mark Trahant's contribution to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Who Do We Think We Are” conference.
Mark TrahantFeb 4, 2018
Make This a Different Future: Reproductive Futurism and Its (Dis)contents
On Rebekah Sheldon's "The Child to Come: Life after the Human Catastrophe."
Veronica HollingerFeb 3, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- SF
Not a Riot Grrrl Band: Musician Michelle Cruz Gonzales Sounds off on Punk Feminism
Kitty Lindsay talks to Michelle Cruz Gonzales about "The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band."
Kitty LindsayFeb 3, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s “The Trolls of Academe”
David Horowitz responds to W. J. T. Mitchell's "The Trolls of Academe," and Mitchell offers his own rebuttal to Horowitz's reply.
David Horowitz, W. J. T. MitchellFeb 3, 2018
- Education
- Politics