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The Ravages of Revelation
How three “garage philosophers” fought off a divine invasion in early 1970s California.
Cultural Studies
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil
Returning to South Shore (Chicago): A Subjective View of Urban Change
A soulful look at Chicago’s south side blends sociology and memoir.
Are Words the Enemy of Belonging? On Paul Kingsnorth’s “Savage Gods”
Ellie Robins hearkens to “Savage Gods” by Paul Kingsnorth.
Staying Woke Is Patriotic: An Excerpt from “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter”
LARB presents an excerpt from “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter,” written by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith.
Our Truest Loves: On Poetry and Parasocial Relationships
Sophia Stewart considers parasocial relationships through the lens of poetry.
Our Memories, Ourselves: On “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement”
Yxta Maya Murray reviews “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement,” edited by Shelly Oria.
White Writers’ Omission of Race: Jess Row’s “White Flights: Race Fiction, and The American Imagination”
"White Flights" is a faultlessly argued collection of essays about how whiteness dominates the American literary imagination.
“I’m Not the Only One”: On Jess Row’s “White Flights”
Sarah Haas reviews Jess Row's latest book, "White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination."
It Won’t Love You Back: An Interview with Maria Tumarkin
Mireille Juchau talks to Maria Tumarkin, author of “Axiomatic.”
Year of the Werewolf
The werewolf was an apt figure for 1981, a moment when prominent commentators worried that many Americans had become too self-focused.
How to Write a Wondertale
Natasha Boyd considers the past and future of the fairy story.
Star Power
Joseph Roach looks at new biographies on Richard Potter and Sarah Bernhardt to find the origin of the modern celebrity.
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