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Stanisław Lem’s Jewish Paradoxes
Marat Grinberg considers Stanisław Lem as a Jewish writer.
Marat GrinbergApr 24
- SF
Jorrell Watkins’s “Still, my brother’s flag flies”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Jorrell Watkins.
Jorrell WatkinsApr 19
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
How Can Everything Hit Different?
Somebody is lying.
Ashwin Rodrigues Apr 18
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Tamara Nassar’s “Third Act”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Tamara Nassar.
Tamara NassarApr 18
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Player One and Main Character
Gideon Jacobs considers what Donald Trump and Elon Musk, as odd couple in chief, have in common.
Gideon JacobsApr 17
- Politics
- Memoir & Essay
Laura Kolbe’s “You”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Laura Kolbe.
Laura KolbeApr 17
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Daniel Halpern’s “Moon over Brooklyn”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Daniel Halpern.
Daniel HalpernApr 16
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Tracy Fuad’s “Iterations”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Tracy Fuad.
Tracy FuadApr 15
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Ansel Elkins’s “Minister of Loneliness”
The LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Ansel Elkins.
Ansel ElkinsApr 14
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Eco-Relations: Our Circuitry Sews Us, Word by Word
Susan McCabe explores ecopoetic resonances between Brenda Hillman’s “Three Talks,” Brandon Som’s “Tripas,” and Donald Revell’s “Canandaigua.”
Susan McCabeApr 13
- Poetry
- Environment
The Man Who Believed He Could Have Raised Hitler to Be a Nice Person
Åsmund Borgen Gjerde excavates the link between Ole Ivar Lovaas’s Nazi past and his UCLA-based work on “curing” autistic children.
Åsmund Borgen GjerdeApr 10
- Science & Technology
- Biography & Autobiography
The Heir Conditioner
The LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure,” presents an excerpt from Hannah Zeavin’s “Mother Media.”
Hannah ZeavinApr 9
- LARB Lit
- Gender & Sexuality
Mafalda
The LARB Quarterly presents an excerpt from Quino’s “Mafalda,” translated by Frank Wynne, in issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Quino, Frank WynneApr 5
- LARB Lit
- Comics
The Freeway Novel
Skijler Hutson considers how the Los Angeles freeway system has figured in fiction.
Skijler HutsonApr 4
- Fiction
In Its Purest Form
Claire Messud reads “Lolita” on its 70th anniversary, in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Claire MessudApr 2
- LARB Lit
- Fiction
Achmed Abdullah, Swinging Caravan
In this new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on Achmed Abdullah’s significance in the year 1925.
Tom LutzMar 31
- Literary Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography