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Touching the Impossible: A Conversation with Slava Polunin
The legendary Russian performance artist on the theory and politics of clowning....
Touching the Impossible: A Conversation with Slava Polunin
The legendary Russian performance artist on the theory and politics of clowning....
Stuck in the “Right Now”: A Conversation with Jenny Odell
The author of “How to Do Nothing” on the enforced stasis of COVID-19 lockdown....
Stuck in the “Right Now”: A Conversation with Jenny Odell
The author of “How to Do Nothing” on the enforced stasis of COVID-19 lockdown....
The Three Passions of Alexander Petrosyan
Olga Ware speaks to photographer Alexander Petrosyan about his three passions: his art form, St. Petersburg, and people....
The Three Passions of Alexander Petrosyan
Olga Ware speaks to photographer Alexander Petrosyan about his three passions: his art form, St. Petersburg, and people....
Placing Women at the Center: A Conversation with Honor Moore
The celebrated poet, memoirist, and feminist advocate discusses her life in the women’s movement....
Placing Women at the Center: A Conversation with Honor Moore
The celebrated poet, memoirist, and feminist advocate discusses her life in the women’s movement....
Narrative Justice for Hong Kong: On “Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong”
Gina Tam reviews “Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong,” edited by Holmes Chan....
Narrative Justice for Hong Kong: On “Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong”
Gina Tam reviews “Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong,” edited by Holmes Chan....
Real Life Rock Top 10: April 2021
LARB presents the April installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus....
Real Life Rock Top 10: April 2021
LARB presents the April installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus....
A Steady Diet of Low Expectations: A Conversation with Jessica Bruder, Author of “Nomadland”
Judith Freeman catches up with Jessica Bruder, whose book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” is the basis for the Oscar-nominated film....
A Steady Diet of Low Expectations: A Conversation with Jessica Bruder, Author of “Nomadland”
Judith Freeman catches up with Jessica Bruder, whose book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” is the basis for the Oscar-nominated film....
Young Man Inside an Old Man
Andrew Gumbel reviews "Beeswing," the new memoir written by Richard Thompson with Scott Timberg....
Young Man Inside an Old Man
Andrew Gumbel reviews "Beeswing," the new memoir written by Richard Thompson with Scott Timberg....
Embracing the Despised Poems: Remembering Scott Timberg
The co-author of “Beeswing” was a beloved Los Angeles raconteur and reporter....
Embracing the Despised Poems: Remembering Scott Timberg
The co-author of “Beeswing” was a beloved Los Angeles raconteur and reporter....
“You Couldn’t Even See”: Genre, “Thomasine and Bushrod,” and the Matter of Black Film
Nicholas Forster explores the question of how to define Black film through a close look at the 1974 film “Thomasine and Bushrod.”...
“You Couldn’t Even See”: Genre, “Thomasine and Bushrod,” and the Matter of Black Film
Nicholas Forster explores the question of how to define Black film through a close look at the 1974 film “Thomasine and Bushrod.”...
Seven Plus Seven Plus Me: The Up Series Under Lockdown
In the wake of Michael Apted's passing, Claire Marie Healy revisits the director's most lasting monument: the sprawling, poetic Up series....
Seven Plus Seven Plus Me: The Up Series Under Lockdown
In the wake of Michael Apted's passing, Claire Marie Healy revisits the director's most lasting monument: the sprawling, poetic Up series....
Words Pointing to Images
A photographer’s long journey with the American everyday....
Words Pointing to Images
A photographer’s long journey with the American everyday....
Anthony and Carmela Get Vaccinated
Peter Coviello misses his family in New Jersey — and everything else in the pandemic year — through a full rewatch of The Sopranos....
Anthony and Carmela Get Vaccinated
Peter Coviello misses his family in New Jersey — and everything else in the pandemic year — through a full rewatch of The Sopranos....
The Unruly Masses: Andrei Konchalovsky’s Cautionary Tale
Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Dear Comrades” is an anti-protest protest film....
The Unruly Masses: Andrei Konchalovsky’s Cautionary Tale
Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Dear Comrades” is an anti-protest protest film....
A Note of Momentous Subtlety
William Harris talks with writer Amit Chaudhuri about his latest book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.”...
A Note of Momentous Subtlety
William Harris talks with writer Amit Chaudhuri about his latest book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.”...
I’m Going to Build a Heaven of My Own: The Harry Smith B-Sides
This new package is every bit as aurally transcendent and esoterically inscrutable as Smith’s A Sides....
I’m Going to Build a Heaven of My Own: The Harry Smith B-Sides
This new package is every bit as aurally transcendent and esoterically inscrutable as Smith’s A Sides....
The Meaning of Lokman Slim
A brave and controversial activist was assassinated in South Lebanon. What does his death mean for a country already on the brink?...
The Meaning of Lokman Slim
A brave and controversial activist was assassinated in South Lebanon. What does his death mean for a country already on the brink?...
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