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The Secret Growing: On the New Spiritual Art Canon
Steffie Nelson surveys the recent institutional embrace of visionary women artists.
Steffie NelsonFeb 23, 2024
- Art & Architecture
Shakespeare in the Mental Institution
Brooke Hallie Metayer asks, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo and Juliet ballet?” and finds it at the Ahmanson Theater, courtesy of choreographer Matthew Bourne.
Brooke Hallie MetayerFeb 23, 2024
The Ethics and Erotics of Permission: On Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent”
Anna Katharina Schaffner reviews Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex.”
Anna Katharina SchaffnerFeb 22, 2024
Whose (Who’s) Shakespeare? On Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep”
Taylor Yoonji Kang reviews Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep.”
Taylor Yoonji KangFeb 22, 2024
Timothy Leary Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: On Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia”
Timothy Leary sucked the revolutionary potential out of psychedelic science, concludes Kim Adams after reading Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.”
Kim AdamsFeb 21, 2024
Through a Herne’s Eye: On Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Five Novels”
Brian Attebery offers a critical reflection on five of Ursula K. Le Guin's short novels, recently reissued by Library of America.
Brian AtteberyFeb 21, 2024
- Fiction
- SF
Girls Gone Wild? On Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers”
Sheila Liming gets to the bottom of Apple TV+ and Katherine Jakeways’s “The Buccaneers.”
Sheila LimingFeb 20, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Prove You’re Not a Robot: On Karel Čapek’s “R.U.R.”
Jonathan Bolton uses the occasion of a new edition and translation of Karel Čapek’s play “R.U.R.,” first published in Prague in 1920, to revisit the origins of the word “robot,” and explore the play’s uncannily prescient vision of artificial life.
Jonathan BoltonFeb 20, 2024
Whatever I Can Have, Nothing I Want: On Nazlı Koca’s “The Applicant”
Kaya Genç reviews Turkish author Nazlı Koca’s debut novel “The Applicant.”
Kaya GençFeb 19, 2024
- Fiction
Hunger for the Whole: On Jacob Emery’s “The Vortex That Unites Us”
Caryl Emerson reviews Jacob Emery’s “The Vortex That Unites Us: Versions of Totality in Russian Literature.”
Caryl EmersonFeb 19, 2024
The Interior of the Exterior: On Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke”
Valerie Duff-Strautmann reviews Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke.”
Valerie Duff-StrautmannFeb 18, 2024
- Poetry
Questions of Travel: On Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer”
James Perrin Warren reviews Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer: Travels Along the Ring Road.”
James Perrin WarrenFeb 18, 2024
Anatomy of a Sound: On Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo”
Aditya Narayan Sharma reviews Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo.”
Aditya Narayan SharmaFeb 17, 2024
- Fiction
Lethal Irony: On Han Ong’s “Fixer Chao”
Zoe Hu reviews Han Ong’s 2001 novel “Fixer Chao” and sees an allegory of the writers and con artists of our own era.
Zoë HuFeb 17, 2024
- Fiction
Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition”
Kate Wolf speaks to cultural critic and historian Lucy Sante about her latest book, “I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition.”
LARB Radio HourFeb 16, 2024
Apple’s Gimmick: On “Fingernails” and the TV+ Brand
Michael Szalay compares apples and Apples in parsing the streamer’s strategy financially, aesthetically, narratively, and otherwise.
Michael SzalayFeb 16, 2024
- Film
- Television