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How to Forget a Massacre: What Happened in Paris on October 17, 1961
Laurel Berger revisits the events of October 17, 1961.
Around the World
"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
Your Spot on the Wall: An Introduction to “Graffiti”
LARB presents Elmaz Abinader’s introduction “Graffiti,” the inaugural anthology from artist collective POC United, published this week by Aunt Lute Books.
The Moon, the Corps, and the War
A writer reflects on how American volunteerism in Iran changed his life.
“Restoring the Divine to the Care of the Earth”: On James W. Heisig’s “Of Gods and Minds”
Joseph S. O’Leary considers James W. Heisig's new book, "Of Gods and Minds."
Post-National Europe and Other Bureaucratic Fantasies: On Robert Menasse’s “The Capital”
Andrew Griffin reviews the political imaginations and failings of Robert Menasse’s “The Capital.”
Antihero City
Tara Cheesman reviews “The Night of Rome” by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo.
The Medieval Myth of Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame is being restored — either as a sensationalized jewel of contemporary French architecture or as a monument to the “greatness” of France’s past.
Histories of Violence: The Ghosts of Civilized Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, co-editor, with Slavoj Žižek, of “The Idea of Communism 3: The Seoul Conference.”
“Shintity Fug These Vulstes”: On Ksenia Buksha’s “The Freedom Factory”
Yelena Furman deconstructs “The Freedom Factory,” a novel by Ksenia Buksha, translated from Russian by Anne O. Fisher.
The Single Most Pristine Certainty: Fleur Jaeggy, Thomas Bernhard, and the Fact of Death
Sophie Madeline Dess wonders what reading novels like “Sweet Days of Discipline” and “Wittgenstein’s Nephew” might teach us about death.
Determined to See the Worst
Magdalena Miecznicka reviews Margaret McMullan's new memoir, "Where the Angels Lived."
The Balletic Total Work of Art: On Nadine Meisner’s “Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master”
Megan Race admires “Marius Petipa: The Emperor’s Ballet Master” by Nadine Meisner.
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