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Sister Acts: Why Nuns Are Showing Up Everywhere
What’s familiar and what’s new about our current fascination with the figure and the mystery of the nun, from Rosalía to self-help books.
Essays
Photography Gone to the Dogs
John Divola’s photographs of the Southern California desert in the late 1990s get a second wind thanks to Nazraeli Press’s reissues.
“Superstars” by Ann Scott
One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a carnal portrait of Paris’s queer rave scene in the ‘90s, the LARB Book Club Spring 2026 pick is Ann Scott's novel, Superstars.
Reading (and Shopping) with Angela McRobbie
A reflection on the Birmingham School cultural studies scholar’s vision of girlhood.
Finding Our God-Terms
The work of literary critic Mark Edmundson offers a powerful vision for recentering the American university.
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From the Archive
American Psychosis: Trumpism and the Nightmare of History
"Insanity in individuals is somewhat rare. But in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." — Friedrich Nietzsche
Shelter in Place
The battle for Minnesota’s public.
A Building Inside a Building [VIDEO]
A tour of the new Jean Nouvel–designed Fondation Cartier museum and its inaugural exhibition.
Shame Never Works
In a new Archive post, Noemí Fierros scoops a second helping of discourse on ‘Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen’ by Hannah Howard.
It Really Can Happen Here
What the transnational links among fascist movements in the 1930s can tell us about the Far Right today.
LARB Staff’s Book Favorites
LARB's editors pick their best reads of 2025, and what their favorite books from the year were.
Sweating It Out
The history of experiencing life as a sweaty body in steamy queer spaces.
A Sojourn into the Stephen King Archive: ‘The Dark Half’
Typescript drafts on view in the newly opened archive reframe the horror maestro’s relationship with his alter ego, Richard Bachman.
Troubled Hearts on the Land
Minneapolis under siege, in images and words.
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