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Lana Lin dissects the literary and bodily significance of the appendix.
Essays
Lana Lin dissects the literary and bodily significance of the appendix.
Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Alix Christie considers Susan Straight’s challenging yet crucial portraits of an “overlooked” California.
Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.
Johanna Drucker responds to Victoria Dailey’s review of the catalogue raisonné “Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond.”
Sophie Kemp considers the recent and ongoing radicalization of young men in the United States.
“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.”
Martin Wong catches up with SoCal punk band Emily’s Sassy Lime upon their reunion for the California Biennial.
Alexis Clements uses Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel “Spent” to meditate on the predicament of the creative artist today.
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.
Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
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.
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.
Grant Sharples offers a personal account of the Boss’s career and legacy in light of the new biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”