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Certain, but Not Final
Winnie Wang reviews Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s debut feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire.”
Biography & Autobiography
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
A Forever for Sally
M. G. Lord watches National Geographic’s new documentary “Sally.”
The Wide Umbrella of “Queen”
Emmeline Clein interviews Tourmaline about her new book “Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson.”
Every Word Is to Be Construed in Favor of Liberty
Joshua D. Rothman reviews Zaakir Tameez’s biography “Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation.”
Turning Savage to Create a New World
Sarah Moorhouse reads Sue Prideaux’s “Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin.”
Remembering in Concrete Form
Courtney Thomas interviews Brendan Greaves about “Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen.”
A Certain Reputation It Cannot Be Denied
Victoria Horrocks re-remembers Vanessa Bell.
Rising from Her Verses
In a preview from LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” Sophia Stewart explores the poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos.
The Man Who Believed He Could Have Raised Hitler to Be a Nice Person
Åsmund Borgen Gjerde excavates the link between Ole Ivar Lovaas’s Nazi past and his UCLA-based work on “curing” autistic children.
Unparalleled Processing
Michael Knapp reviews Mike Singer’s “Why So Serious? The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic.”
Achmed Abdullah, Swinging Caravan
In this new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on Achmed Abdullah’s significance in the year 1925.
Passing in Black-and-White
Akanksha Singh reviews Mayukh Sen’s “Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star.”
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