All Essays

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  Why We Fail and How

  We fail precisely because we are so afraid of failure.

  Costica BradatanSep 24, 2017

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  Heliopolis and Helipad

  Joshua CloverSep 23, 2017
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  I Won’t Fear My Passions Like a Coward: On William E. Jones’s “Fall into Ruin”

  Rob Goyanes on William E. Jones and Alexander Iolas.

  Rob GoyanesSep 22, 2017

  • Art & Architecture

  • Film

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  Learning to Live in the Dark: Reading Arendt in the Time of Climate Change

  Looking for illumination and affirmation in dark times.

  Wen StephensonSep 22, 2017

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Politics

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  Thou Shalt Not Steal Books

  Dagoberto GilbSep 22, 2017
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  Trust and Violence in “Beach Rats”

  Francey Russell reviews Eliza Hittman's new film.

  Francey RussellSep 21, 2017

  • Film

  • Gender & Sexuality

• No More Cookies

  Rebecca SchiffSep 19, 2017
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  Variety Show

  Does "Twin Peaks: The Return" matter?

  J. D. ConnorSep 18, 2017

  • Television

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  Postcards from Detroit

  Andrew DurbinSep 17, 2017
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  Ride or Die

  If you’re with your friends, he’ll think he has a shot. You’ll probably be in a better mood than if you were walking alone.

  Glynn PogueSep 17, 2017

  • LARB Lit

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  Learning to Read (with) John Ashbery

  Kimberly Quiogue Andrews reflects on the late poet and why he endures.

  Kimberly Quiogue AndrewsSep 17, 2017

  • Poetry

• The Secret History of Dune

  Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” an enduring science fiction classic, owes much of its mythology to “The Sabres of Paradise,” an undeservedly forgotten history.

  Will CollinsSep 16, 2017

  • History

  • SF

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  Desire Is Surplus Energy: “I Love Dick” Between Text and TV

  Lazz Kinnamon reviews Jill Soloway's adaptation of "I Love Dick."

  Lazz KinnamonSep 15, 2017

  • Television

• Media and Transparency: An Introduction to Byung-Chul Han in English

  Adrian Nathan West surveys the work of Korean-born German cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han, which has been making its way into English since 2015.

  Adrian Nathan WestSep 14, 2017

  • Around the World

  • Philosophy & Religion

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  Detroit Open City

  Detroit is the great American Twilight Zone, where the macabre and the redemptive flow daily in almost equal measure.

  Aaron RobertsonSep 13, 2017

  • Economics and Finance

  • Politics

• Biopower in the Era of Biotech

  "Scientists are increasingly testing public trust." Jim Kozubek on the hazards of new biotechnologies.

  Jim KozubekSep 7, 2017

  • Science & Technology