Ben Ehrenreich is the author of The Suitors and Ether. His next book, The Way to the Spring, which is based on his reporting from the West Bank, will be published in June by Penguin Press.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Strange Behavior
On Miguel Cano, the second-to-last man killed by the LAPD in 2015...
Let It Fly: A Serious Half-Serious Proposal
Until we summon the courage to become something different, let us remember who we are. Let the Confederate battle flag fly....
On the Gaza Border
102 dead, 600 injured...
Letter from Ramallah
Children shot down in the street....
Below Zero
LARB contributor Ben Ehrenreich reports on his recent trip to Gaza City....
Snowstorm in Ramallah
And the motorcade passes....
The Death of Anas al-Atrash
The funeral procession of Anas al-Atrash: Hebron, November 9, 2013. Images: Peter van Agtmael, Magnum Photos Hebron, November 20 ON ...
When the Shell of the Body Becomes Irrelevant: A Palestinian Activist in Israel
A profile of a Palestinian activist living in Israel. ...
Around the World: Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, Israel and More
In this month's edition of "Around the World," we focus on art and poetry trends in South America; look at the ...
Forty Years in the Desert
A one-day strike in Israel...
A Literary Gathering in the South Hebron Hills
THERE’S NOT MUCH LEFT of the mosque in al-Mufaqara — a tangle of rusted rebar protruding like crazed antennae ...
The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future
"The Ghost of Books: Past, Present, and Future" is an experiment not in terror and not necessarily Dickensian....
The End of the Beginning
Los Angeles was different. No tear gas here: our elected representatives wanted us to be comfortable....
Welcome to the Occupations
Everywhere but here....
The Death of the Book
Pity the book. It’s dead again....
