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“Transparent”: A Guide for the Perplexed
Jonathan FreedmanApr 10, 2016
- Television
The Sin Eater: Alice Thomas Ellis and the Gothic Tradition
Abby GeniApr 9, 2016
- Fiction
- Noir
Matthew Barney’s “Excrementitious” Transcendentalism: On “River of Fundament”
Len GutkinApr 8, 2016
- Film
Radio Hour: Bruce Wagner’s Ouevre and Johan Huizinga
Apr 7, 2016
Goring Beauty
Over 50 years later, more than half a century, I look at the pictures. Out of boxes and other wooden and steel containers, and buried deep under other albums, come these relics of a honeymoon.
Colin DayanApr 7, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
On the “demonic energy & radiance” of “Mustang”
Unlike it's reception in United States, "Mustang" has been divisive in Turkey
Kaya GençApr 7, 2016
- Film
The People v. OJ Simpson: Season 1, “The Verdict”
On the American Crime Story Season 1 Finale
Lili Loofbourow, Phillip MaciakApr 6, 2016
- Dear Television
The War Within
Jacob Rama BermanApr 5, 2016
- Fiction
Our Sovereign Father, Donald Trump
Brian ConnollyApr 5, 2016
- Politics
The Watts Writers Workshop, 50 Years Later
Donna C. MyrowApr 2, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
Beyond "Kind of Blue"
Why Miles Davis is more than his best-known recording
Michael J. AgovinoApr 1, 2016
- Music
Radio Hour: Deanne Stillman’s “Twentynine Palms” and Nora Ephron
LARB Radio HourMar 31, 2016
Unicorn Dreams
Jeremy N. SmithMar 31, 2016
- Memoir & Essay
The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs: An Interview with Johann Hari
David BreithauptMar 31, 2016
- Nonfiction
The Future of Academic Style: Why Citations Still Matter in the Age of Google
An argument for the importance of academic citation in the digital age.
Kathleen FitzpatrickMar 29, 2016
- Cultural Studies
“This Barren Land”: Bob Dylan’s Gospel Variations
One of the most striking and elusive aspects of Dylan's recent music is the way it channels the tone of American gospel songs.
Max NelsonMar 27, 2016
- Music