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Russia Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine
Don Franzen interviews law expert Mark Ellis regarding recent atrocities committed in Ukraine and the subsequent international pursuit of justice.
All Essays
Robert Houston: “A Photographer Who Shot from the Heart”
Patrick A. Howell scans the legacy of the great African American photographer Robert Houston.
Fooled You: On Donna Tartt’s Genre Fiction
Richard Joseph ponders Donna Tartt’s curious exclusion from the “genre turn” canon.
“The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell
A childhood tragedy followed by a life of mysterious coincidences—this remarkable novel explores memory, mourning, and the uncanny experience of grief. Check out our Fall 2022 pick for the LARB Book Club: “The Furrows” by Namwali Serpell.
Super Rich Kids with Nothing but Fake Friends: Nadia Lee Cohen’s Dream of L.A.
Porochista Khakpour muses on artist Nadia Lee Cohen's recent creative explorations in Los Angeles.
Dreaming About Julius Rosenberg, Again
David Evanier revisits interviews he conducted with those involved in the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
The Uterus and the Will to Power
Anthropologist Meredith Reiches describes how having a uterus changes what’s possible, physically and legally — and how, once again, what’s possible is being curtailed.
The Shadow of Annihilation: On W. G. Sebald
Alex Harvey explores the hidden treasures of memory in the work of W. G. Sebald.
Press On: Black Sparrow Is Back
Josh Sherman on the relaunch of a legendary small-press literary publisher.
Random House: Surviving Rejection (After Rejection)
Anna Dorn explores a career in rejection (and eventual success).
Breaking into English
Lily Meyer on the hard work of translators and editors that brings international literature to English-language readers.
Teaching “Frankenstein” at the Flying University for Ukrainian Students
English professor Deidre Lynch ponders the lessons her Ukrainian students taught her about the place of the humanities in difficult times — and ponders, too, how these students altered her reading of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” %
The Girl and the Outlaw: Jordan Peele’s “Nope” and the End of the Alien
Paul Thompson explores the strangeness of the film industry in L.A. and its reckoning with racist histories and the natural world in Jordan Peele's "Nope."
At Home in Los Angeles
Annenberg School of Journalism graduate students and staff share their reflections on what makes Los Angeles home.
Literature in Afghanistan: A Dream Gone to Ruins
Afghan author Homeira Qaderi on the sorry fate of literature under the Taliban regime.
For DJ: Remembering Denis Johnson
Friends and colleagues recall the late novelist and poet Denis Johnson, who died in 2017.
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