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Three New Poems: “Straining for the Noise,” “Srdičko Bolí,” and “Has Your Spirit Dried Up?”
The LARB Quarterly, no. 43: “Fixation” presents new poems from Jenny Xie, Claressinka Anderson, and emet ezell.
All Essays
Disaster Triumphant
Visiting Trinity Site, location of the Manhattan Project, Christopher Kempf is stunned by the failures of the American curatorial imagination.
Seriality and Slow Grief
Lauren Eriks Cline looks back at 20 years of the TV series “Lost” and the lessons it holds for us today.
The Only Girl in the World: On Madonna and “Desperately Seeking Susan”
Brontez Purnell pays tribute to Madonna through a close reading of her performance in “Desperately Seeking Susan,” in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation.”
Syria’s Forgotten Island of Opposition
In an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Charlie Clewis reports from a military compound in the Syrian desert.
Two New Stories: “Pigfoot” and “Witches of Fresno”
In a pair of flash fiction pieces from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Venita Blackburn traces the porous border between this life and one beyond.
The Politics of Pigmentation
In the sixth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Suman Seth explores the anti-history of the evolution of whiteness.
“Lazarus Man” by Richard Price
This electrifying novel weaves together the lives of those irrevocably changed by a disaster, in a poignant picture of ever-changing Harlem. Check out our Winter 2025 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Lazarus Man” by Richard Price.
Mean Mommies: Care in Contemporary Queer Literature
In an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Jenny Fran Davis considers the portrayal of care in contemporary queer literature.
Rejecting the Siege Mentality in Higher Education
Stacy Hartman and Heather Hewett examine how the humanities are being reimagined in departments and programs across higher education today.
How Does the Writer Say Etcetera?
Sumana Roy ponders the linguistic and aesthetic significance of “etceterization.”
Perfect Little Baby
Grace Byron ruminates on despair and hope in the wake of the election.
New Tyrannies
Sophie Kemp considers the recent and ongoing radicalization of young men in the United States.
All the Honky-Tonk Babies Have Broken Hearts
Drew Bratcher considers the career of Hank Williams Jr. and the anxiety of his father’s influence.
Trump l’Oeil
Gideon Jacobs peers into the uncanny valley of the Republican President-elect.
I Did Not Know Gary Indiana
Evan Grillon remembers the legendary writer Gary Indiana.
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