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Radiant Regeneration: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal's Beast Meridian
Cassandra Cleghorn reviews Vanessa Angélica Villarreal's poetry collection, "Beast Meridian."
Cassandra CleghornOct 23, 2017
“mother!” and Her Guests
Jacques Derrida, David Hilbert, and "mother!" Nolan Gear on Darren Aronofsky's latest.
Nolan GearOct 22, 2017
- Film
Sing, Muse: Three New Books on Literature and Pop Music
Three books on the links between poetry and pop music.
Franz NicolayOct 22, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Music
Beyond the Bathroom: Centering and Affirming Non-Binary Trans Perspectives in Heath Fogg Davis’s “Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?”
Jacob Lau on “Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?” and the importance of challenging the sex-discrimination regime at its administrative heart.
Jacob LauOct 22, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Normal Girls: On SZA, Nella Larsen, and the Varieties of Black Feminism
Marina Magloire on "normal girls," SZA, Nella Larsen, Beyoncé, and the varieties of black feminism.
Marina MagloireOct 22, 2017
In Korea, All You Need Is Love (Or a Love Motel, at Least)
Stefano Young stays in a Korean "love motel."
Stefano YoungOct 22, 2017
Street Fighting Men: Antifa’s Origins in the ’60s and ’70s
Mark Bray misses opportunities to convincingly rebut antifa skeptics.
Luca ProvenzanoOct 21, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Real and the Imagined in Douglas Rushkoff’s “Aleister & Adolf”
"Aleister & Adolf" emphasizes the importance of understanding how messages are created, how they are used, and how they persist over time.
Chris YogerstOct 21, 2017
- Comics
What Snooki and Joseline Taught Me About Race, Motherhood, and Reality TV
Racquel Gates on "Love & Hip Hop," "Snooki & Jwoww," and how reality TV can change how we think of motherhood.
Racquel GatesOct 21, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
Shadi Yousefian: A Retrospective
Christopher Ian Lutz discusses Shadi Yousefian's retrospective exhibit in The Space by Advocartsy in Los Angeles.
Christopher Ian LutzOct 21, 2017
Our National Scream: On Jared Yates Sexton’s “The People Are Going to Rise Like Waters Upon Your Shore”
Jared Yates Sexton’s new book on the Trump phenomena is keenly observed — but without the necessary questions.
Blake MorlockOct 20, 2017
- Politics
Nights of the Mu-Tron III: On Peter Conners’s “Cornell ’77” and the Mystique of the Grateful Dead
Eric Gudas on “Cornell ’77” by Peter Conners and the Grateful Dead’s live acts and recorded legacy.
Eric GudasOct 20, 2017
- History
- Music
Divided We Stand: “Confederate” and Civil War Alternate Histories
Civil War alternate history isn't just a genre that romanticizes the Old South. It ponders (but rarely doubts) why the Confederacy deserved to perish.
Renee de GrootOct 20, 2017
- SF
So Insistently Focused on the Daily: Talking to Andrew Epstein
Andy Fitch interviews Andrew Epstein, author of "Attention Equals Life."
Andy FitchOct 20, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Ai Weiwei on "Human Flow," Refugees, Art, History, Spirit, and Nature
Artist, architect, and activist Ai Weiwei discusses his new feature-length documentary film "Human Flow," and the on-going global refugee crisis that it documents.
LARB Radio HourOct 20, 2017
A Magnetic and Complicated Personality
A review of Harvey Sachs’s new biography of Arturo Toscanini.
Simon WilliamsOct 19, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music