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  Filthy Matters

  Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”

  Calvin GimpelevichDec 9

  • LARB Lit

  • History

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  A Fierce and Complicated Compassion

  Alix Christie considers Susan Straight’s challenging yet crucial portraits of an “overlooked” California.

  Alix ChristieDec 9

  • Fiction

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Freeing the Library

  Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.

  Aaron BoehmerDec 5

  • Politics

  • Cultural Studies

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  Letter to the Editor Regarding Victoria Dailey’s “Los Angeles in Black and White”

  Johanna Drucker responds to Victoria Dailey’s review of the catalogue raisonné “Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond.”

  Johanna Drucker Dec 3

  • Art & Architecture

  • History

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  People of the World: Relax!

  “People of the World: Relax!” is excerpted from “The Complete C Comics,” a collection of Joe Brainard’s innovative work, and featured in LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”

  Joe BrainardDec 2

  • LARB Lit

  • Comics

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  Still Not Geriatric: Archiving a Teenage Riot Grrrl Band

  Martin Wong catches up with SoCal punk band Emily’s Sassy Lime upon their reunion for the California Biennial.

  Martin WongNov 30

  • Art & Architecture

  • Music

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  And Then What? The Road After “Success” in the Arts

  Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.

  Alexis ClementsNov 29

  • Comics

  • Art & Architecture

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  Brandon Taylor's "Minor Black Figures"

  Brandon Taylor talks about his latest novel “Minor Black Figures” on LARB Radio Hour. The book, out now, centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with sudden viral fame.

  LARB Radio HourNov 21

  • LARB Radio Hour

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  Don’t Close Your Teeth

  Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”

  Cynthia ZarinNov 17

  • LARB Lit

  • Literary Criticism

  • Politics

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  On Adaptation: From Page to Screen

  In November 2024, writers Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Ames, Anna Dorn, and Jane Hu gathered at LITLIT for a discussion with Paul Thompson about how it feels to take a work from book to screen.

  Paul Thompson, Jane Hu, Jonathan Ames, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Anna DornNov 16

  • Film

  • Fiction

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  Nothing Ever Happens: “Mister Squishy” and the Year of the Sentence Diagram

  Hannah Smart writes about her attempt to diagram a 900-word sentence in David Foster Wallace’s “Mister Squishy,” and what the efforts taught her about human inertia and meaningless language.

  Hannah SmartNov 15

  • Fiction

  • Literary Criticism

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   Springtime for Springnuts

  Grant Sharples offers a personal account of the Boss’s career and legacy in light of the new biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”

  Grant SharplesNov 11

  • Film

  • Music

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