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Strange Bedfellows: Queers, Conservatives, Catholics
Jonathan Alexander ponders homophobia in Islam and Christianity.
Jonathan AlexanderAug 28, 2017
An Interview with Orlando Ortega-Medina, Author of Jerusalem Ablaze
Cleaver Patterson interviews Orlando Ortega-Medina, author of "Jerusalem Ablaze."
Cleaver PattersonAug 28, 2017
Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven Revisited
Steve Light revisits Clint Eastwood’s film "Unforgiven."
Steve LightAug 28, 2017
Cinempathy: Doing Ethics on Screen
Joseph G. Kickasola reviews Robert Sinnerbrink's "Cinematic Ethics: Exploring Ethical Experience through Film."
Joseph G. KickasolaAug 27, 2017
- Film
- Philosophy & Religion
In the Key That Our Souls Were Singing
Matthew Zapruder is persuasive and optimistic enough to make one feel patriotic about poetry.
Amy GerstlerAug 27, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry
Foreign Companion: Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel”
Adam Fales reviews Jean Giono’s “Melville: A Novel.”
Adam FalesAug 27, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
American Monuments and the Residue of History
John Levi Barnard wonders why we continue to construct American Monuments of so-called "great white men."
John Levi BarnardAug 27, 2017
The Mexican Constitution Celebrates Its Centennial — and Mexico Celebrates Its Revolution
Lois Parkinson Zamora traces the on-going narratives of the Mexican Revolution, and by extension, the Constitution of 1917.
Lois Parkinson ZamoraAug 26, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Politics of the Planet of the Apes
By drawing on SF tropes and the legacy of a genre classic, the new "Apes" trilogy ambitiously reflects the crisis of the left in this age of impotence.
Dan Hassler-ForestAug 26, 2017
- Film
- SF
Los Angeles Review of Books Digital Editions – The Digital Revolution: Debating the Promise and Perils of the Internet and Algorithmic Lives in the Last Years of the Obama Administration
The Los Angeles Review of Books offers its new digital edition, focusing on the internet, automation, and algorithms over the last few years.
Julien Crockett, Michele Pridmore-BrownAug 26, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Love Song of Matthew D. Berninger
Will Brewbaker appreciates Matthew D. Berninger and the National's album "Boxer."
Will BrewbakerAug 26, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Imani Tolliver "Runaway: A Memoir in Verse"; plus Elena Ferrante's "The Lost Daughter"
Cave Canem Award-winning Poet Imani Tolliver joins LARB's Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn to read from, and talk about, her powerful new book, Runaway: A Memoir in Verse.
LARB Radio HourAug 25, 2017
Mortifying Miniatures: On Andrés Barba’s “Such Small Hands”
Bécquer Seguín reviews Andrés Barba's recently translated "Such Small Hands."
Bécquer SeguínAug 25, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Pulsing Instantiations of a Revolution: “The City Always Wins” by Omar Robert Hamilton
Omar Robert Hamilton revisits the Arab Spring in his jolting new novel, "The City Always Wins."
Farid FaridAug 25, 2017
- Fiction
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Richard Thompson
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Scott TimbergAug 25, 2017
- Music
Dream Work
Gregg LaGambina talks to Alejandro Jodorowsky about his new movie, "Endless Poetry."
Gregg LaGambinaAug 25, 2017
- Film