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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.”
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The Interior of the Exterior: On Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke”
Valerie Duff-Strautmann reviews Katie Peterson’s “Fog and Smoke.”
Questions of Travel: On Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer”
James Perrin Warren reviews Kurt Caswell’s “Iceland Summer: Travels Along the Ring Road.”
Anatomy of a Sound: On Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo”
Aditya Narayan Sharma reviews Esther Kinsky’s “Rombo.”
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.
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.”
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.
Outgrowing Melodrama: On Todd Haynes’s “May December”
Victoria Wiet looks at “May December” as a melodrama that exceeds the genre’s ideological limits and binaries.
Dreaming into Existence: Collaborative Art in Prison
Annie Buckley describes her experiences working with incarcerated artists via the Prison Arts Collective.
Desirous of Indifference: On Peter Stamm’s “The Archive of Feelings”
Michael Knapp reviews Peter Stamm’s “The Archive of Feelings.”
When Grown Men Cry
Outside the Crypto.com Arena, the grief and love of grown men briefly erupted in a gush of tears and chants and memories.
Red Flags/Green Flags
LARB social media director Maya Chen rounds up her ultimate relationship red and green flags for 2024.
Still Raw: Love in David Cronenberg’s “Crash”
Hattie Lindert argues for David Cronenberg’s “Crash” as the ideal Valentine’s Day movie.
The College Writing Center in Times of Crisis
Genie N. Giaimo explores the need for more comprehensive guidance for writing centers during various crises of late-stage capitalism.
Subversion of Resolution: On Eileen Vorbach Collins’s “Love in the Archives”
Melissa M. Monroe reviews Eileen Vorbach Collins’s “Love in the Archives: A Patchwork of True Stories About Suicide Loss.”
Freaks Come Out at Night
Eloise Rollins-Fife masks up and gets down with the art world's cutest creeps, ranging from “sexy rabbit” to “life-sized Furby.”
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