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We Have More in Common Than We Know
To read "Translation as Transhumance" is to transhume with Mireille Gansel as she cultivates a multidimensional understanding of language.
Emily LaBargeDec 31, 2017
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Korean Cinema Looks Back at 1987, When Students Died and Democracy Was Born
Colin Marshall reflects on how Korea's "June Struggle" is depicted in Korean Cinema.
Colin MarshallDec 31, 2017
“We Can!” American Toys of 2017: Lessons from Early Soviet Animation
Sasha Razor and Gala Minasova
Bee MurphyDec 31, 2017
The Moving Pictures of “Loving Vincent”
"Loving Vincent" gives itself over to the poetics of showing its painterly work. It rediscovers not only van Gogh the artist, but also his medium.
Marta FiglerowiczDec 30, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Acts of Re-covery: Mining Our Comic Subconscious
R. Sikoryak on his new book, "The Unquotable Trump."
Brad PragerDec 30, 2017
- Comics
Migraine Madrigal
Lisa Russ SpaarDec 30, 2017
- Poetry
Future Life at the CDC?
Philip Kitcher imagines the difficulties that lie ahead for the CDC.
Philip KitcherDec 30, 2017
Models of the Universe: In Memory of William Gass
Chuck Rosenthal remembers the late William Gass.
Chuck RosenthalDec 30, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Masha Gessen on Russia's Evolution from Soviet Socialism to Putinism
Masha Gessen discusses her National Book Award-nominated "The Future of History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia."
LARB Radio HourDec 30, 2017
Lyrical Oblivion: László Krasznahorkai’s “The World Goes On”
Nicky Loomis follows the winding sentences of László Krasznahorkai's "The World Goes On."
Nicky LoomisDec 29, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Frederick Hammersley at the Huntington
Stefanie Sobelle talks with curator James Glisson about his new exhibition at the Huntington, "Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking."
Stefanie SobelleDec 29, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Table for One at the Sunset Bistro
Noah WarrenDec 29, 2017
- Poetry
So Here I Am, a Traveler to the Future: Talking to Robin Hanson
Andy Fitch interviews Robin Hanson, author of "The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth."
Andy FitchDec 29, 2017
Growing Up Female
On the pragmatic feminism of Tamora Pierce.
Josephine WolffDec 28, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
John Green’s Anxieties: On “Turtles All the Way Down”
Jonathan Alexander on John Green's new novel.
Jonathan AlexanderDec 28, 2017
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
The Time of Finance
Neoliberal policy embraced the idea that the concern with fundamental values was of little use. What mattered was keeping the system going.
Martijn KoningsDec 28, 2017
- Economics and Finance