In March LARB ran a number of pieces that explored the notion of home — more precisely, the possibility, or desirability, of coming home. Below is a selection of essays, reviews, and interviews that look at different homes, and homelands, from different angles. — LARB Editorial
The Monthly Digest: April 2019
Go Home and Keep Going: On David Bezmozgis’s “Immigrant City”
Ian Ross Singleton dwells in “Immigrant City,” the latest collection of stories by David Bezmozgis.
On Never Going Home
Bradley B. Onishi reviews Mark C. Taylor's "Last Works: Lessons in Leaving."
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Dostoyevsky
Andrew Fedorov thumbs through the works of a pair of saintly writers.
The Neo-Regionalist Moment: Hearing the Emerging Voices of the American Center
Jon K. Lauck looks to three recent books to highlight the recent wave of Midwestern literature.
The Catalan Paradox, Part II: Conversation with Translator Mary Ann Newman
A series of conversations on the state of Catalan literature. In this edition, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talks to translator Mary Ann Newman.
A Hymn to Life: On “Shatila Stories”
Isaac Nowell relishes “Shatila Stories,” a “hymn to life” written in the Shatila refugee camp in southern Beirut.
Myth and Identity in a Divided Britain: An Interview with James Meek
Francis Wade interviews James Meek, whose latest collection of essays, “Dreams of Leaving and Remaining,” explores the causes and consequences of Brexit.
Wit and Wisdom at the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Sean McCoy reports from the 35th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada.
To the Marrow of One’s Bones: On Walter Kempowski’s “Homeland”
Stephanie Sy-Quia considers “Homeland” by Walter Kempowski, translated from the German by Charlotte Collins.
A Deeper South
A road trip through the Old South reveals uncomfortable family truths.
“Maybe We Can Never Go Back”: An Interview with Moshe Sakal
An Israeli author discusses his first novel in English translation, “The Diamond Setter.”
On Gravity and Play: In Conversation with Amit Chaudhuri
Amit Chaudhuri on literary activism, alternative modernisms, and the comedy of friendship.
The Catalan Paradox: Writers, Editors, and Translators on the Literature of a Stateless Language
A series of conversations on the state of Catalan literature. In this inaugural edition, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talks to Quim Monzó.
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