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DOOMguy Knows How You Feel
Learn rage and to reconnect that rage to the joy of its expression.
Ajay Singh ChaudharyMar 16, 2017
- Politics
Tradition Is Not What We Think It Is: On Harmony Holiday’s “Hollywood Forever”
Laura Goode revels in the infinite parts of “Hollywood Forever,” a collection of poems by Harmony Holiday.
Laura GoodeMar 16, 2017
- Poetry
“A Crash Course for the Ravers”: Bowie Studies Comes of Age
Mark Dery talks to Simon Critchley about the many sides of the late musician and the emerging field "Bowieology."
Mark DeryMar 16, 2017
- Music
So Close to the United States
So Close to the United States - BLARB
Mar 16, 2017
Asking for a Friend: I Can’t Plug In to Online Dating
Asking for a Friend: I Can’t Plug In to Online Dating - BLARB
Olga KreimerMar 16, 2017
Take My Mother, Please!
Annabelle Gurwitch on Phillip Lopate's "A Mother's Tale."
Annabelle GurwitchMar 15, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
The Waterfall Coping Strategy: Patrick Cottrell’s “Sorry to Disrupt the Peace”
Patrick Cottrell’s debut “Sorry to Disrupt the Peace” asks how to live with trauma.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 15, 2017
- Fiction
Reading “The Stranger” in Tehran: An Interview with Mohammad Hekmat
Robert Zaretsky interviews Mohammad Hekmat, an English-to-Farsi translator, about Camus, cultural differences, and censorship.
Robert ZaretskyMar 15, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Reflections on Silk Roads: An Interview with Peter Frankopan
Reflections on Silk Roads: An Interview with Peter Frankopan - BLARB
Mar 15, 2017
Time’s Technique: On Lynne Sharon Schwartz’s “No Way Out But Through”
Rachel Hadas considers “No Way Out But Through” by Lynne Sharon Schwartz.
Rachel HadasMar 14, 2017
- Poetry
“Comrade, Can You Paint My Horse?” Soviet Kids’ Books Today
Ainsley Morse takes “The Fire Horse,” a collection of Soviet-era children’s poems translated by Eugene Ostashevsky, for a ride.
Ainsley MorseMar 14, 2017
Make Spain Great Again! The Transhistorical Ties Between Donald Trump and Christopher Columbus
Tzvetan Todorov, who died last month, had a prophetic vision of Donald Trump in his 1984 retelling of the conquest of the Americas.
Karen Elizabeth ParkMar 14, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Incendiary Impact of Elif Batuman's The Idiot
The Incendiary Impact of Elif Batuman's THE IDIOT - BLARB
Louise McCuneMar 14, 2017
Relying on Others for a Sense of Self
Kim Fay reviews “In Plain View” by Julie Shigekuni.
Kim FayMar 13, 2017
- Noir
LARB Radio Hour: Valeria Luiselli's Tale of Children Refugees Tell Me How It Ends; Sarah Manguso on 8
LARB Radio HourMar 13, 2017
Southern-Fried Noir
Rob Latham reviews “The Dime,” by Kathleen Kent.
Rob LathamMar 13, 2017
- Noir