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“The Lowland” by Jhumpa Lahiri: Two Reviews
Two review of Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Lowland."
Anita Felicelli, Urmila SeshagiriOct 9, 2013
Two Days in Cross Plains: The Legacy of Robert Howard
Robert Howard lives on, not just in Conan the Barbarian and his other creations, but in an annual festival in his home town.
Don JollyOct 8, 2013
Competition over Collaboration: On Ben Urwand
Jerome ChristensenOct 8, 2013
The Scorched Earth Solution: Solitary Confinement in America
How did a form of torture become policy in America’s prison system?
Andrew GumbelOct 6, 2013
"Night Film" by Marisha Pessl: Two Reviews
Edan Lepucki, Maggie DohertyOct 4, 2013
Speak for Yourself: A Meditation on the Marketplace of Ideas
Can free expression truly be free in a marketplace of ideas?
Stuart WhatleyOct 4, 2013
Where the Sun Always Shines. And Where It Never Does.
Assholes as important subjects for moral inquiry
Zach DorfmanOct 3, 2013
No Tongue Can Tell: Civil War Photography at the Met
History never just happens; it’s always made.
Oct 3, 2013
“Dissident Gardens” by Jonathan Lethem
Communists, counterculture, and New York in the 1950s—this vivid novel explores the ways in which the personal and the political are inextricably intertwined. Check out our inaugural LARB Book Club pick: “Dissident Gardens” by Jonathan Lethem.
Oct 2, 2013
First World Problems
Rethinking the plight of the war correspondent
Sara NovićOct 2, 2013
Passive Aggression: Recent War Novels
The state of the American war novel
Oct 1, 2013
“The Funniest Thing, Old Sport”: Tim Robbins Reads “The Great Gatsby”
Tim Robbins brings out the humor in Fitzgerald’s classic.
Oct 1, 2013
After "Breaking Bad": What Now?
Breaking Bad sparked a national dialogue with astonishing range and depth.
Laurie WinerSep 29, 2013
Is This How Other People Are? An Interview with Miranda July, Sheila Heti, and Catherine Opie
Emily HuntSep 29, 2013
Swimming with the King Fish: Grief, Loss, and Transformation in “Rodney King”
Stephanie BatisteSep 29, 2013
The LARB Special Edition Intern Magazine: Exclusive Excerpts
Emily Hunt, Justin Scott, Stephanie BatisteSep 29, 2013