All Essays

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  Mission Accomplished: On “Zero Dark Thirty”

  In defense of Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Picture–nominated film

  Richard BeckFeb 24, 2013
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  Outside the Zone: Searching for Sarai Sierra

  On the killing of the 33-year-old amateur photographer

  Kaya GençFeb 23, 2013
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  Nicholas Ray Couldn’t Go Home Again: On the DVD Release of His Final Film

  Peter L. WinklerFeb 21, 2013

• Bang! Zoom! Straight to the Moon!: Melissa McCarthy and the New Female Slapstick

  The New Female Slapstick

  Feb 20, 2013
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  Letter from Madrid

  Disquiet and decay in the Spanish capital

  Brian Patrick EhaFeb 18, 2013
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  Girls, Season 2: "Boys"

  Big Boys Don't Cry

  Jane HuFeb 18, 2013
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  Levitated Mass Hysteria: Michael Heizer's LACMA Installation

  On Michael Heizer's large-scale LACMA installation

  Victoria DaileyFeb 15, 2013
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  Frank O'Hara, Valentine

  Matthew ZapruderFeb 14, 2013
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  Wallace Stevens, Valentine

  Meghan O'RourkeFeb 14, 2013
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  Natalie Diaz, Valentine

  Sarah VapFeb 14, 2013
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  Lynn Emanuel, Valentine

  Lynn MelnickFeb 14, 2013
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  Kevin Young, Valentine

  Sean HillFeb 14, 2013
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  Emily Dickinson, Valentine

  Dan Beachy-QuickFeb 14, 2013
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  Federico García Lorca, Valentine

  Natalie DiazFeb 14, 2013
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  Etheridge Knight, Valentine

  John MurilloFeb 14, 2013
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  Heart-Shaped Box: LARB Poetry Valentine Edition

  Adrian Matejka, Alex Dimitrov, Brett Fletcher Lauer, Dan Beachy-Quick, Dana Levin, Eloise Klein Healy, Jessica Piazza, Jill McDonough, John Murillo, Lynn Melnick, Matthew Zapruder, Meghan O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Sarah Vap, Sean HillFeb 14, 2013