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  And I Never Looked Back

  Tracing the California lineage of Charles Bukowski’s publisher, Black Sparrow Press, and its passionate founder, John Martin.

  Joshua BodwellJan 16

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • History

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  The Long Breath of the World

  On László Krasznahorkai’s sentences and what they require of us.

  Nyuol Lueth TongJan 14

  • Literary Criticism

  • Fiction

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  The Mysterious Eugenics of Aesthetic Taste

  In the 11th essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Michael Rossi shows how American scientists and artists used their discovery of racial ‘types’ to buttress eugenicist notions of aesthetic taste.

  Michael RossiJan 11

  • Science & Technology

  • History

  • Sports

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  In Memory of William Faulkner This Business Will Be Closed From 2:00 to 2:15 P.M. Today

  LARB presents an excerpt from Gayle Feldman’s forthcoming biography of Bennett Cerf, the legendary American publisher.

  Gayle FeldmanJan 9

  • Biography & Autobiography

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  Hella Hitler

  Andrew Holter revisits ‘The California Reich’ 50 years on and considers the legacy of the neo-Nazi documentary.

  Andrew HolterJan 8

  • Film

  • Cultural Studies

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  What Remains to Be Said

  The L.A. fires, one year later.

  Ellie EberleeJan 7

  • Environment

  • LARB Lit

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  At Tammy Wynette’s Grave, Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville

  Drew Bratcher meditates on the legacy of a country music legend.

  Drew BratcherJan 4

  • Music

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  Jodie Hollander’s ‘The Ouija Board’

  Jodie Hollander describes the imprisonment of fame, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’

  Jodie HollanderJan 2

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

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  Tess Taylor’s ‘Three Notebooks’

  Tess Taylor captures fragments of dream text, blank invitations, and stored receipts, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’

  Tess TaylorJan 1

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

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  Anna Journey’s ‘I Object to the Etymology of Sacrum’

  Anna Journey writes on the ‘site of infernal nerve spark and spasm,’ in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’

  Anna JourneyDec 31, 2025

  • LARB Lit

  • Poetry

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  We Are Close, We Are Almost There

  Zachary Gillan reflects on Jeffrey Ford’s ‘Well-Built City Trilogy’ in the era of resurgent fascism.

  Zachary GillanDec 30, 2025

  • SF

  • Politics

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  Two Poems by Dalia Taha

  Dalia Taha writes on Palestine and the messages etched into the land, in two poems from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security,’ translated by Sara Elkamel.

  Dalia Taha, Sara ElkamelDec 30, 2025

  • Poetry

  • LARB Lit

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