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  Keeping House

  Marina Magloire writes on the Clifton House, the Pamoja workshop, revolution, and refuge, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”

  Marina MagloireDec 22

  • LARB Lit

  • History

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  Airbrushed Tan Lines

  Whitney Mallett visits a porn shoot in Spain.

  Whitney MallettDec 20

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  When Story Loses the Plot

  Hannah H. Kim ponders the plotless narrative as a tool for meaning-making.

  Hannah H. KimDec 20

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Cultural Studies

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  He Understood Us

  Carrie Courogen remembers the cross-genre brilliance of Rob Reiner’s filmmaking.

  Carrie CourogenDec 19

  • Film

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  Taix

  Anahid Nersessian people-watches at Taix in the most recent installment of I Come Here Often, from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”

  Anahid NersessianDec 19

  • LARB Lit

  • Food & Drink

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  Happy Birthday, Jane!

  To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, Stephanie Insley Hershinow offers a survey of recent Austen-related books and artworks.

  Stephanie Insley HershinowDec 16

  • Fiction

  • Cultural Studies

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  Drawing America’s Brutal Imagination

  Justin A. Davis writes on Ralph Bakshi’s controversial film “Coonskin” for its 50th anniversary, in a preview of the LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”

  Justin A. DavisDec 16

  • Film

  • Cultural Studies

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  Still Got It

  Zach Gibson meditates on “late style” in the work of postmodernists like Thomas Pynchon who are still publishing well into their eighties.

  Zach GibsonDec 14

  • Fiction

  • Literary Criticism

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  An Apocalypse for Every Epoch

  Emmett Rensin writes on eco-grief, the climate dirge, and one Armenian monk in a new hybrid fiction-cum-essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”

  Emmett RensinDec 13

  • LARB Lit

  • Fiction

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  Filthy Matters

  Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”

  Calvin GimpelevichDec 9

  • LARB Lit

  • History

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  A Fierce and Complicated Compassion

  Alix Christie considers Susan Straight’s challenging yet crucial portraits of an “overlooked” California.

  Alix ChristieDec 9

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Freeing the Library

  Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.

  Aaron BoehmerDec 5

  • Politics

  • Cultural Studies

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