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How I Accidentally Wrote the Antithesis of a Spielberg Blockbuster
On the virtual reality of consumer capitalism …
All Essays
The City and the Pen: An Excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual”
LARB presents an excerpt from Shlomo Sand’s “The End of the French Intellectual,” translated by David Fernbach and out this month from Verso.
After a Grim Year for LGBT Rights, the Way Forward
Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program at the Human Rights Watch, on a grim year in LGBT civil rights and what it means for the path forward.
On Commuting
Barrett Swanson confuses and elucidates the act of commuting, while drawing on his own experiences of life and travel.
Curating the Anthropocene
“Adrián Villar Rojas: The Theater of Disappearance” at the MOCA confronts the Anthropocene.
Mutate or Die: Eighty Years of the Futurians’ Vision
As writers, artists, literary agents, and editors, the collective effect of the Futurians after their dissolution in 1945 was magnificent.
“Trust Your Vision”: An Interview with the Filmmakers of the Cult Classic “Liquid Sky” (1982)
Sasha Razor interviews Slava Tsukerman, Yuri Neyman, and Marina Levikova, the visionaries behind the cult classic “Liquid Sky” (1982).
The Art of Nameless Violence
"At the moment, it seems as if only Muslim countries in whose wars the West is involved can produce artists for the global market."
Fury, Kitten, Dude: On Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Lili Loofbourow and Irene Yoon check in with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend at the off-kilter end of its third season!
Stepping into the Void: A New Agenda for Global Labor
Pranab Bardhan suggests a way forward for the global working class.
Letter to the Editor
Palestine Legal attorney Radhika Sainath responds to “Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s ‘The Trolls of Academe’” and LARB's decision to publish the article.
Fifty Years of Beyond Baroque: 1968–2018
Johanna Drucker celebrates the 50th anniversary of Beyond Baroque, one of Los Angeles’s core cultural institutions.
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part VI: Un-lonely-ing the Inner Self
Rico Frederick engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
The Distortion
Searching for clarity in the age of Trump.
Bingespeak
Entrepreneur of Desire: Portrait of an Afghan Smuggler
A lonely and dangerous life of gambles and trust.
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