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You Can Relax Into Chiara Barzini's Things that Happened Before the Earthquake
"You Can Relax" Into Chiara Barzini's "Things that Happened Before the Earthquake"
Art EdwardsAug 31, 2017
Gatsby Books
The newest addition to the LARB Reckless Reader program is Long Beach's Gatsby Books
Molly GreenAug 31, 2017
Points of Access: Achy Obejas’s “The Tower of the Antilles”
Sarah Hoenicke reviews Achy Obejas's short story collection "The Tower of the Antilles."
Sarah HoenickeAug 30, 2017
- Fiction
The Profane Archives of Rock and Pop Writing
On the Library of America’s new anthology of rock music criticism.
Robert LossAug 30, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Barnum Presidents and Benevolent Monopolists: Mark Twain, Amazon, and the Futility of Antitrust
With Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods, it's time to remember when Twain asked a deceptively simple question: who benefits from the breakup of a monopoly?
Matt SeyboldAug 30, 2017
Leave Room for Serendipity
Susan Dunlap interviews Margaret Maron about “Take Out,” the conclusion of her Sigrid Harald series.
Susan DunlapAug 30, 2017
- Noir
Meet the LARB China Channel Team, Part 3 — A Q&A with Commissioning Editor Anne Henochowicz
A Q&A with Anne Henochowicz, commissioning editor of the new LARB China Channel.
Jeffrey WasserstromAug 30, 2017
A Love Affair with a Tree: What One Red Oak Can Teach Us About Climate Change
The tale of a love affair between a reporter and a tree.
Joy HorowitzAug 29, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
The Truth About Fairy Tales
Emilie Beck reviews Heather Harpham's "Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After."
Emilie BeckAug 29, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Too Much, Never Enough: The Painful Pleasures of Gabriel Tallent’s “My Absolute Darling”
Like any good horror novel, Gabriel Tallent's "My Absolute Darling" uses its cramped framework to steadily build tension.
Anna E. ClarkAug 29, 2017
- Fiction
Drinking with the Ghost: Raymond Chandler at Musso and Frank’s
Katie Orphan writes for her new series "Drinking with the Ghost," about communing with Raymond Chandler at Musso and Frank’s Grill in Hollywood.
Katie OrphanAug 29, 2017
Dear Censor: A China Quarterly Contributor Speaks Out*
China Quarterly Journal contributor Michel Bonnin writes a satirical letter to the Chinese government complaining that his piece did not get censored.
Michel BonninAug 29, 2017
The Slovak Kafka: On Balla’s “In the Name of the Father”
Charles Sabatos contextualizes the Kafkaesque post-communist novella “In the Name of the Father” by the major Slovak author Balla.
Charles SabatosAug 28, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Dragon and the Wolf"
Every city in the world is built on wildfire — Dear Television on the end of Game of Thrones, season seven.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 28, 2017
- Dear Television
A Journalist at Heart
Alafair Burke interviews Michael Connelly about his new novel, “The Late Show.”
Alafair BurkeAug 28, 2017
- Noir
The Apprentice
J. D. DanielsAug 28, 2017