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Aria Aber’s “The Institution”
In a new poem from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Aria Aber imagines the joy of a rock rolled endlessly uphill.
All Essays
“Entitlement” by Rumaan Alam
A seductive read about the murky world of wealth, morality, and self-discovery. Check out our Fall 2024 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Entitlement” by Rumaan Alam.
This Is Also a Test: On Newborn Island
From underneath a sleeping baby, Nada Alic offers a dispatch “from the first draft of motherhood,” in an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth.”
The Commonsense Critic: A Personal Tribute to Helen Vendler
Cinque Henderson writes a personal tribute for Helen Vendler.
Some Other I Before Me: On Seeking Guidance From AAPI Memoirs
For AAPI month, Rajpreet Heir writes about the creative guidance she’s found in memoirs by AAPI authors.
Chloe Martinez’s “The open door”
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Chloe Martinez presents a new poem about what happened, what could have happened, and why it all matters.
Out of the Mouth of Bots: Child Genius and Generative Machines
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Emily Wells and Aaron Bornstein scrutinize a pair of child geniuses.
Ozempic: Reshaping Desire Since 2023
Ozempic is a drug against addiction. Is it also a drug for … virtue? wonders political scientist Krzysztof Pelc.
Spooky Entanglements: “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Constellation,” and “The Signal”
Michael Szalay on twinned productions and other IP shenanigans in “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Constellation,” and “The Signal.”
A Novelist with a Fury: Reading Arundhati Roy in the Present
Yogita Goyal explores Arundhati Roy’s wide-ranging nonfiction and unflinching political activism.
Why “Hallucination”? Examining the History, and Stakes, of How We Label AI’s Undesirable Output
Joshua Pearson examines the history of the term “hallucination” in the development and promotion of AI technology.
Aunt Jelena
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Ena Selimović translates Marina Gudelj’s short story … or is it a eulogy?
Continuity Errors: On the New Old Films of Francis Ford Coppola
Dylan Adamson positions the discourses around Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” within the director’s larger body of work.
For Whom Is Campus to Be Safe?
Prof. Saree Makdisi diagnoses how the university, the police, and the media have failed our students protesting on behalf of Gazan lives.
Mythic Appetites: On Meta-Desires, Marriage, and Meals in the Personal Essay
Kristen Malone Poli examines the true hunger at the heart of the divorce plot.
Invented Jewish Folktales
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Sam Sax presents lore so uncanny, it might as well be real.
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