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Jolted out of Our Aesthetic Skins
Simon Wu writes on “Mario Kart” and fiction in Las Vegas in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
All Essays
The Destructive Character: A Cover
Robert Pogue Harrison offers a recasting of Walter Benjamin’s 1931 essay for our own time.
Mann Men
Clayton Purdom explores an oeuvre of men in crisis in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Preparing for the Plunge
David Amsden returns to John Cheever’s “The Swimmer” while cruising Los Angeles’s rentable swimming pools.
It’s All Greek and yet Frighteningly Comprehensible.
Robert Zaretsky and Michael Barnes consider Thucydides’s “History of the Peloponnesian War.”
The Victory Picture
Alessandro Camon considers the vicious circle of visible carnage.
The Transversal Spirit of the Feminist Strike
Amy Reed-Sandoval considers feminist anti-fascism in the writings of Verónica Gago.
Learning from Park Planned Homes
Kate Wolf considers Gregory Ain’s Altadena housing development in the wake of the Los Angeles fires.
Music and Mystery
Jill Bialosky interviews David St. John about his new book of poems, “Prayer for My Daughter.”
William Faulkner’s Polish Afterlife
Michał Choiński ponders the sudden popularity of new translations of William Faulkner’s novels in Poland.
The Law Is Not Always to Be Trusted
Columbia professor Bruce Robbins wonders what the Trump administration is so afraid of, as it deploys ICE agents to campus to detain student protesters.
Rereading “Sula” After the Fall of Roe
Kelly Marie Coyne revisits Toni Morrison’s “Sula” in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s overturning.
The Light and the Poverty
Dominic Amerena examines the enduring appeal of Greece and the destination novel.
The Syrup of Wahoo Keeps Splashing Around
Gary Lippman remembers his friend, the late American author Tom Robbins.
The Paisley Underground Redux
Adam Sobsey revisits the early-1980s Los Angeles indie-pop scene.
Infinite Influence
Manuel Antonio Córdoba examines the never-ending quest for a Spanish-language David Foster Wallace.
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