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The Logic of the Rebel: On Simone Weil and Albert Camus
Robert Zaretsky considers Albert Camus’s posthumous friendship with Simone Weil.
Robert ZaretskyMar 7, 2020
“Books Find Their Way to Readers”: The Barcelona Literary Agency Casanovas & Lynch
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to María Lynch and Sandra Pareja of Casanovas & Lynch, a Barcelona-based literary agency.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Giving “Doctor Zhivago” Another Chance
Christine Jacobson celebrates the appearance of Nicolas Pasternak Slater’s faithful yet natural translation of his uncle Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago.”
Christine JacobsonMar 5, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
“A Drive for Beauty”: A Conversation with Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the Co-Founders of Not a Cult Media
Yesika Salgado speaks to Daniel Lisi and hollis hart, the co-founders of Not a Cult Media.
Yesika SalgadoMar 4, 2020
- Poetry
The Amazing Bicentennial Girl
Deborah Taffa on growing up Native American during the U.S. Bicentennial
Mar 4, 2020
Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange and the Truth of Photography
Reconstructing the historical context of a famous American photograph.
Lennard J. DavisMar 4, 2020
- Art & Architecture
On Consistency: Italo Calvino's Sixth Memo
Andrei CodrescuMar 2, 2020
- Nonfiction
Undercover Lovers, or How The CIA Became Style
Greg Barnhisel considers how our stories about the Cold War are evolving from politically urgent realist narratives to a narrative convention itself.
Greg BarnhiselMar 1, 2020
Two Poems
Kiki PetrosinoMar 1, 2020
- LARB Lit
Walking Into the Holy Land: A Short Story
Exclusive fiction from the Catharsis issue
Wes HoltermannFeb 29, 2020
- LARB Lit
Neon Pink
Sam Moore on queerness and finding oneself, with detours through contemporary queer film, literature, and music.
Sam MooreFeb 29, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Nonfiction
Stuff, the Essay
Sasha Graybosch on dealing how we deal with our stuff
Sasha GrayboschFeb 28, 2020
- Memoir & Essay
The Road to Glory: Faulkner’s Hollywood Years, 1932–1936
Lisa C. Hickman reconstructs William Faulkner’s tumultuous Hollywood sojourn of 1932–1936.
Lisa C. HickmanFeb 27, 2020
- History
- Nonfiction
Dream Factory Meets Art Fair: Twenty Highlights from Frieze Los Angeles 2020
Michael Kurcfeld visits Frieze LA 2020.
Feb 25, 2020
Of Forgiveness
Ashon T. Crawely on "forgiveness, in black"
Ashon T. CrawleyFeb 25, 2020
- Nonfiction
Dread and Disunity in Las Vegas: A Report from the Nevada Caucuses
LARB politics editor Tom Zoellner reports from the Nevada caucuses.
Tom ZoellnerFeb 24, 2020
- Politics