Evan McGarvey’s work has appeared in GQ, Slate, The New Republic, Vice, and Pitchfork. He is the co-author of 2pac vs. Biggie: An Illustrated History of Rap’s Greatest Battle (Voyageur, 2013). He lives in New Jersey.
Evan McGarvey
Articles
Finishing Moves
In his story from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Evan McGarvey boards a long flight with a group of professional wrestlers.
Primal Fears: Revisiting “Gone Baby Gone”
Amidst a new wave of conservative panic about child trafficking, Evan McGarvey revisits Ben Affleck’s “Gone Baby Gone.”
The Shifting Horizon of Masculinity in Jamel Brinkley’s “A Lucky Man”
Brinkley offers visions of manhood and masculinity with a humane imagination for what characters miss, what they mean to say, what they might have done.
In The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, Denis Johnson Washes Up On Familiar Shores
Evan McGarvey reviews the posthumous collection "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" by Denis Johnson.
Cogs of War: “Lazarus” and the Limits of Dystopia
Evan McGarvey reviews the fifth volume of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark's "Lazarus."
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