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Gossip as a Literary Genre, or Gossip as “L’Écriture feminine”?
Francesca Peacock roots through the archives for a deeper understanding of scandal and speech in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.”
Archive
TrimSpa, Baby
Emmeline Clein recounts an “American Icarus story” spelled out in diet pills and rhinestones in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.”
Annie Baker’s Summer Stock
Meghan Racklin reviews “Janet Planet,” the debut feature film from playwright Annie Baker.
From Circle to Square
Benjamin Nathans revisits the 1968 suppression of the Prague Spring from the perspective of the Soviet dissident movement.
The Reenchantment of the Ordinary World
Rhoda Feng reviews Téa Obreht’s new novel “The Morningside.”
May the Best Story Win
Zoe Mendelson tells herself gossip in order to live in an online-only exclusive from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42.
That Is the Saddest Story I’ve Ever Heard
Vivian Medithi interviews Lauren Cook about his new collection, “Sex Goblin.”
“Don’t Drink All the Coke!”
Audrey Serrano just came here from USC, and now she’s in this dream place, watching “Mulholland Drive” in 4K at the Academy Museum.
Writing Climate Futures
Listen to a panel discussion featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake, hosted by LARB and The Berggruen Institute on July 18.
Get Transfigured
Amit Chaudhuri and James Wood discuss modernism, realism, and Chaudhuri’s three recently reissued novels.
Clouds of Knowledge with Their Ears Open
Ari Braverman interviews Claire Donato about “Kind Mirrors, Ugly Ghosts.”
What Should We Remember About the 1960s?
Charles J. Holden reviews Doris Kearns Goodwin’s memoir, “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s.”
Alive Beyond Life
Paul Vangelisti reviews Neeli Cherkovski’s “Selected Poems: 1959–2022.”
Genuine Love Stories
A new Palestinian movie night teaches Tosten Burks about failure.
Moving Towards Life
Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism.
The “Twaddle” in Finance
In his review of “Poor Charlie's Almanack,” Dave Mandl delights in Charles T. Munger’s skewering of contemporary investing and business practices.
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