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I Would Like to Know Her: On Cookie Woolner’s “The Famous Lady Lovers”
Leigh-Michil George reviews Cookie Woolner’s “The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall.”
Leigh-Michil GeorgeMay 21, 2024
Squawking, as a Symptom
Among Hollywood headstones, Dandi Meng tips her cowboy hat to Joanna Newsom’s residency at the Masonic Lodge.
Dandi MengMay 21, 2024
A Novelist with a Fury: Reading Arundhati Roy in the Present
Yogita Goyal explores Arundhati Roy’s wide-ranging nonfiction and unflinching political activism.
Yogita GoyalMay 20, 2024
The Ongoing Present: On Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro’s “Against Erasure”
Tal Frieden reviews “Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba” by Teresa Aranguren and Sandra Barrilaro.
Tal FriedenMay 20, 2024
The Narcotic Allure of Dictatorship: On Jacob Heilbrunn’s “America Last”
Matt Hanson reviews Jacob Heilbrunn’s “America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators.”
Matt HansonMay 19, 2024
- History
- Politics
How Long Will I Be a Prisoner? On Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell”
Diana Arterian reviews Alison C. Rollins’s “Black Bell.”
Diana ArterianMay 19, 2024
United in Torment: On Fine Gråbøl’s “What Kingdom”
Emmeline Clein reviews Fine Gråbøl’s “What Kingdom.”
Emmeline CleinMay 18, 2024
- Fiction
Why “Hallucination”? Examining the History, and Stakes, of How We Label AI’s Undesirable Output
Joshua Pearson examines the history of the term “hallucination” in the development and promotion of AI technology.
Joshua PearsonMay 18, 2024
Miranda July’s “All Fours”
Miranda July speaks to Kate Wolf about her latest novel, “All Fours.”
LARB Radio HourMay 17, 2024
A City of Tongues and Muscle: On Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto’s “Maya Nagari” Anthology
Uttaran Das Gupta reviews Shanta Gokhale and Jerry Pinto's anthology “Maya Nagari: Bombay-Mumbai, A City in Stories.”
Uttaran Das GuptaMay 17, 2024
- Fiction
Choose the Opposite: A Conversation with Linda D. Addison
Matthew Sorrento interviews poet and speculative fiction writer Linda D. Addison.
Matthew SorrentoMay 17, 2024
Want More Luca Guadagnino?
In light of the cinematic success of Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” Emily Quintanilla revisits the Perlman family in Northern Italy.
Emily QuintanillaMay 17, 2024
Pull the Red Thread: On Alice Rohrwacher’s “La chimera”
Greta Rainbow reviews Alice Rohrwacher’s film “La chimera.”
Greta RainbowMay 16, 2024
How Anecdotes Sell Drugs: On the 30th Anniversary Edition of Peter Kramer’s “Listening to Prozac”
Andrew Scull critiques the cultural influence of Peter Kramer’s 1993 book “Listening to Prozac.”
Andrew ScullMay 16, 2024
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
A Blood Transfusion from Charli XCX
Angel #270, Annika Gavlak, attends the “Brat” promo at Brain Dead Studios to find out how Charli XCX is feeling now.
Annika GavlakMay 16, 2024
Aunt Jelena
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Ena Selimović translates Marina Gudelj’s short story … or is it a eulogy?
Ena Selimović, Marina GudeljMay 15, 2024
- Fiction
- LARB Lit