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Chants of the Erotomane: On Wayne Koestenbaum’s “Stubble Archipelago”
Bailey Trela reviews Wayne Koestenbaum’s “Stubble Archipelago.”
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Rock-Fuel and Warlike People: On Mitch Troutman’s “The Bootleg Coal Rebellion”
In an essay that takes off from Mitch Troutman’s “The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry,” native son Jonah Walters finds something entirely too innocent about the tales told about the anthracite industry’s origins.
Towards a New Plastic Order
Emma dePaulo Reid determines whether haircutting, tree trunks, and negated flour chickens were wise beyond their years at the Hammer Museum’s “Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s” exhibit.
Alert Respect Before the Other Soul: On Katja Haustein’s “Alone with Others”
Ian Ellison reviews Katja Haustein’s “Alone with Others: An Essay on Tact in Five Modernist Encounters.”
Killerheimer: American Betrayal in Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan
Jimmy So analyzes what “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” have to say about America.
I Wrong Form: On Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Ward Toward”
Chloe Xiang reviews Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Ward Toward.”
They Were Made to Choose Sides: On Eunice Lau’s “A-Town Boyz”
Ellen Song looks at Eunice Lau’s documentary “A-Town Boyz” in the context of contemporary Asian American representation.
Displays of Faith: On Anna Gazmarian’s “Devout”
Courtney Tenz reviews Anna Gazmarian’s “Devout: A Memoir of Doubt.”
The Journey of a Musical Émigré: On Inna Faliks’s “Weight in the Fingertips”
Herb Randall reviews Inna Faliks’s “Weight in the Fingertips: A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage.”
Excerpt from Alexandra Tanner’s “Worry”
LARB presents an excerpt from Alexandra Tanner’s new novel “Worry.”
The Body as Tool: A Conversation with Rita Bullwinkel
Crow Jonah Norlander interviews Rita Bullwinkel about her new novel, “Headshot.”
Animals as the Beating Heart of the Planet: On Joe Roman’s “Eat, Poop, Die”
In Joe Roman’s “Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World,” Ferris Jabr finds a compelling account of important scientific insights.
Speculative Finance and Predatory Abstraction: On Jonas Eika’s “After the Sun”
Ali Rıza Taşkale analyzes the way Jonas Eika’s short story collection “After the Sun” critiques speculative finance and offers new ways to imagine the potentials of the future.
Brad Gooch’s “Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring”
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Brad Gooch about his new biography, “Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring.”
The City in Its Grip: On Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write”
T. M. Brown reviews Tricia Romano’s “The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture.”
Every Ship Is a Passenger Too: On Publishing Today
Chris Molnar considers what it's like to be a writer today.
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