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In this issue
- Mary Turfah writes on Gaza and scenes which should have stopped the world;
- Anna Gaca discovers a certain je ne sais quoi in language-learning through French radio;
- Tajjia Isen reminisces on the extra-retail therapies of childhood trips to the Grove;
- Jake Romm finds illuminating frameworks for contemporary atrocities in centuries-old art;
- Robert Rubsam paints a portrait of the artist as a lonely man in an excerpt from his forthcoming novel;
- And Nitish Pahwa considers “citizenship” in all its thorny complexities.
LARB Book Club
Join LARB readers, editors, and staff for engaging quarterly discussions of handpicked new releases. See some of our most recent selections below.
“Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy
In her first work of memoir, acclaimed author Arundhati Roy recounts her remarkable life, tracing in particular her complicated relationship to her mother Mary. Vulnerable, compassionate, and sagacious at once, the LARB Book Club Fall 2025 pick is “Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy.
“Fresh, Green Life” by Sebastian Castillo
Dive into a compulsively readable journey through philosophy, literature, and the antihero’s pursuit of self-improvement in the LARB Book Club Summer 2025 pick “Fresh, Green Life” by Sebastian Castillo.
“Audition” by Katie Kitamura
What unravels when a stranger claims he is your son? Take a front row seat for an exploration of power, performance, and identity in the LARB Book Club Spring 2025 pick “Audition” by Katie Kitamura.
“Lazarus Man” by Richard Price
This electrifying novel weaves together the lives of those irrevocably changed by a disaster, in a poignant picture of ever-changing Harlem. Check out our Winter 2025 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Lazarus Man” by Richard Price.
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Editors’ Salon
Dive deeper into some of LARB’s most exciting new pieces, along with the writers and editors who produced them. See below for our most recent conversations.
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