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On Translation Fiction and the Comfort of Monolingualism
Marie Lambert analyzes recent works of fiction that feature translators as protagonists, and the questions they raise about cross-cultural communication in a heterogeneous world.
All Essays
If Anything Can Happen, It Certainly Will
Matthew Cobb reports from the Spirit of Asilomar, an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legendary biotechnology conference.
White Noise, White Heat, White Books
Dashiel Carrera considers Han Kang, sleep, and the Velvet Underground.
The Missing Maoist Middle of Dag Solstad
David M. Smith examines the career of the great Norwegian novelist Dag Solstad, and the gaps in English translation of his work.
The Rest Is History
Mary Turfah writes on Gaza and the limits of the war photograph, in an essay from the upcoming issue of LARB Quarterly, no. 46: “Alien.”
Delicate and Dirty
Ben Arthur revisits a transformative moment in American culture through the lens of J. Hoberman’s “Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop.”
The Common Man Is Coming into His Own
Michael Kobre considers the Fantastic Four superhero “The Thing” and Jack Kirby’s relationship to his own Judaism.
Some Women Want to Wear It
Soraya Sebghati outlines a canon of 21st-century Iranian film.
What Do They Want, What Do They Want, What Do They Want?
Kevin Koczwara reminisces on Jim Carrey’s film oeuvre, from “Ace Ventura” and “Man on the Moon” to “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.”
No, Time to Die: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part Two
In the second installment of a quarterly series, Brendan Boyle and Adam Nayman consider the cinema of the Biden years.
Intuitive, Impractical Passions
Dan Nadel on the work of legendary underground cartoonist, artist, and sculptor Michael McMillan.
The Afterlife of “Sunset Boulevard”
Ethan Warren argues that Jamie Lloyd’s “Sunset Boulevard” revival strips away theatrical excess.
The Denny’s on Wilshire Boulevard
Alexander Chee writes the second installment of the column I Come Here Often, from LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
The Pool at the LINE
Bad days are made better by masquerading as a carefree hotel guest in Koreatown.
“Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy
In her first work of memoir, acclaimed author Arundhati Roy recounts her remarkable life, tracing in particular her complicated relationship to her mother Mary. Vulnerable, compassionate, and sagacious at once, the LARB Book Club Fall 2025 pick is “Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy.
The Party
Erin Taylor writes about a reclusive Hollywood couple in a short story from LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
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