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You Are Having Fun
Will Gottsegen considers what is lost in Spotify’s era of pandering recommendation.
All Essays
Torn Self-Portrait with Striped Shirt
LARB presents an excerpt by Wayne Koestenbaum from the anthology “Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image,” edited by Dinah Lenney.
Temporary Community
Sesshu Foster reports from a mutual aid center in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
Looking Back at 1925
In this first of 12 monthly articles, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on the significance of the year 1925.
The Rules We Live By: Year in Review
Julien Crockett looks back on the first year of the LARB series The Rules We Live By.
A Woman in the Captain’s Chair, Trump in the White House
Thirty years after its premiere, David K. Seitz revisits “Star Trek: Voyager” and its groundbreaking first woman captain.
The Lost Utopia
Zach Gibson revisits cult novelist Marguerite Young’s 1945 study “Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias.”
On the Los Angeles Fires
A note from LARB Editor in Chief
The Screenwriter Strikes Back: Leigh Brackett in Hollywood
Maria San Filippo explores Leigh Brackett’s career as the screenwriter of “The Big Sleep,” “The Long Goodbye,” and “The Empire Strikes Back.”
My Machine and Me
Greta Rainbow chronicles her year though Glance Back, a net art piece coded by Maya Man.
Complexity as a Liberatory Practice
Tara Anne Dalbow explores artist-poet Mina Loy’s thrilling embrace of contradiction.
Ins/Outs of 2025
It’s that time again! Enjoy the Ins & Outs of 2024, as predicted by LARB social media savant Maya Chen.
Homespun Tiara
Enzo Escober sits down with Filipina-American trans model and activist Geena Rocero, in a profile from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation.”
American Blondes
In an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Arielle Gordon asks: do blondes really have more fun?
The Stories We Come Home To
Maxine Davey returns home for winter break, and to the stories that shape our childhood holiday memories, in a new deep dive into the LARB archive.
Finishing Moves
In his story from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Evan McGarvey boards a long flight with a group of professional wrestlers.
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