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Patti Smith and Male Bias in Music Criticism
David Masciotra makes the case for a major critical reappraisal of Patti Smith.
David MasciotraMar 14, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Music
The Sluts and the Saints: A Letter to Zézim
Bruna Dantas Lobato, Caio Fernando AbreuMar 13, 2019
- Around the World
“I Don’t Know If This Letter Will Reach You”: The Letters Of Hannah Arendt And Gershom Scholem
Mar 12, 2019
Hope This Finds You Well: The Archive of Dorothea Puente, Serial Killer
Kim HaydenMar 11, 2019
- Nonfiction
A Deeper South
A road trip through the Old South reveals uncomfortable family truths.
Pete CandlerMar 10, 2019
Poppy/Friend
Gillian Osborne, Juliana ChowMar 10, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Dear Donald,
Cortney Lamar Charleston addresses the president
Cortney Lamar CharlestonMar 9, 2019
- LARB Lit
The Last Psychedelic Band
Peter Coviello on Pavement's 1994 record "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" and what it means today.
Peter CovielloMar 9, 2019
- Music
To Caroline, On the Occasion of My Aunt's Death
Sara DavisMar 6, 2019
- LARB Lit
Holocaust Remembrance: Primo Levi’s Work
In confronting Primo Levi's writing, in allowing ourselves to be drawn into the horror, we face not the evil that Levi faced, but rather ourselves.
Ashley RindsbergMar 6, 2019
Excerpt from The New Me
Halle ButlerMar 5, 2019
- LARB Lit
Beyond Samarkand
A dictatorship loosens its grip and a lot of bad memories come tumbling out.
Andrew Stroehlein, Steve SwerdlowMar 3, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Egyptian Beats for the Global Apocalypse
Peter Holslin glosses the Arab avant-garde electro shaabi music.
Peter HolslinMar 3, 2019
- Around the World
- Music
Pavement Nymphs and Roadside Flowers: Prostitutes in Paris After the Revolution
Victoria DaileyMar 1, 2019
- Around the World
- Gender & Sexuality
A Justice for All Seasons
Stephen Rohde delivers a speech on the judicial legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Stephen RohdeFeb 27, 2019
- Law
- Politics
The Philosophy of Creative Writing
Joseph Darda explores the confluence of new humanist philosophy and the rise of the creative writing MFA.
Joseph DardaFeb 25, 2019