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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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  The Secessionists of Shasta County

  Nevin Kallepalli investigates political resentment in rural California, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”

  Nevin KallepalliNov 10

  • LARB Lit

  • Politics

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  On the Receiving End of “Crisis”

  Noemí Fierros revisits Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera’s 2023 discussion in light of the current crisis facing college humanities departments.

  Noemí FierrosNov 8

  • Education

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  Angela Flournoy's "The Wilderness"

  Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Angela Flournoy about her novel, "The Wilderness."

  LARB Radio HourNov 7

  • LARB Radio Hour

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  Very Fine People: Charlottesville, Eight Years Later

  Aniko Bodroghkozy considers recent books on the 2017 Charlottesville attack as a watershed moment in contemporary neo-Nazism.

  Aniko BodroghkozyNov 4

  • Politics

  • History

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  Archive, Appendix, Hoodie, Home

  Lana Lin dissects the literary and bodily significance of the appendix.

  Lana Lin Nov 1

  • Memoir & Essay

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  The LARB Book Club

  The LARB Book Club is one of the Los Angeles Review of Books’s signature membership perks where we discuss the seasonal selection directly with the author on our podcast and have an online discussion with members.

  Nov 1
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  The Shit Show

  In this special episode, hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss how Big Tech dreams—from iPhones to social media to AI—have become nightmares.

  LARB Radio HourOct 31

  • LARB Radio Hour

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  Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities

  Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.

  Rachele DiniOct 31

  • SF

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