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“People Like Us”: On Parker Bilal’s Makana Mysteries
Glenn Harper looks at the Makana Mysteries by Parker Bilal.
Glenn HarperSep 12, 2017
- Around the World
- Noir
On Fuel
Imre Szeman reviews Karen Pinkus’s inventive and engaging “Fuel: A Speculative Dictionary” — a notable addition to the “energy humanities.”
Imre SzemanSep 12, 2017
- SF
- Science & Technology
(Photographer Spotlight) The Marginals are the Majority: Michael Kurcfeld on Paz Errázuriz [Video]
Michael Kurcfeld on Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz, whose work will be featured in the groundbreaking exhibition Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 at the Hammer Museum.
Michael KurcfeldSep 12, 2017
Protest Unceasing, Redemption Unfinished: An Interview with “Orphan Black’s” Graeme Manson and Cosima Herter
Biology and genetic science are always political.
Everett HamnerSep 12, 2017
- SF
- Television
What it’s Like Living on the Green Border: On Dreamers and Deportation
Judith Claire Mitchell writes about the "Green Border," and the likenesses between DACA's dreamers and the deportation of Jews from Nazi Germany.
Judith Claire MitchellSep 12, 2017
Northshire Bookstore
Northshire Bookstore is the newest addition to LARB's Reckless Reader program
RJ NewellSep 12, 2017
The Life, Death, and Afterlife of Kathy Acker
Matias Viegener talks to Chris Kraus about her new book, "After Kathy Acker."
Matias ViegenerSep 11, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Biography & Autobiography
Please Be Nice to Me: Navigating History, Mystery, and Desire in Chris Kraus’s “After Kathy Acker”
In the first authorized biography of Kathy Acker, Chris Kraus digs beneath the myths around the avant-garde heroine.
Anna IoanesSep 11, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Gender & Sexuality
Histories of Violence: Operatic Violence
Brad Evans speaks with opera director Christopher Alden. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansSep 11, 2017
- Histories of Violence
- Music
The Dharma of “The Princess Bride”: What the Coolest Fairy Tale of our Time Can Teach Us About Buddhism and Relationships
Randy Rosenthal reviews Ethan Nichtern's "The Dharma of “The Princess Bride."
Randy RosenthalSep 11, 2017
A Dissident Cartoonist Wades into the United States’s Toxic Relationship With Israel
Antony Loewenstein on Eli Valley's "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel."
Antony LoewensteinSep 10, 2017
The News Upsets Walter: On André Naffis-Sahely’s “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life”
Declan Ryan appreciates “The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life,” the debut collection by André Naffis-Sahely.
Declan RyanSep 10, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
Philosophy and the Gods of the City: Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft’s “Thinking in Public”
What good does the intellectual do in public?
Jon BaskinSep 10, 2017
- History
- Philosophy & Religion
Why K-Pop is the Same as Classic Rock
The Korea Blog's Colin Marshall argues that K-Pop is the Same as Classic Rock.
Colin MarshallSep 10, 2017
The House in and as Contemporary Art
Farrah Karapetian discusses the use of house and home as motif in contemporary art.
Farrah KarapetianSep 10, 2017
Against the Devil: The Tormented Life of Czesław Miłosz
Maria Rybakova reflects on the tormented life of Czesław Miłosz, as told in a new biography by Andrzej Franaszek.
Maria RybakovaSep 9, 2017