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Building a Nest
Lauren Markham and Jenny Odell discuss people, books, and places as inspiration; grief and the creative process; and the conscious attention required by climate crisis.
Environment
Eco-Relations: Our Circuitry Sews Us, Word by Word
Susan McCabe explores ecopoetic resonances between Brenda Hillman’s “Three Talks,” Brandon Som’s “Tripas,” and Donald Revell’s “Canandaigua.”
Learning from Park Planned Homes
Kate Wolf considers Gregory Ain’s Altadena housing development in the wake of the Los Angeles fires.
Temporary Community
Sesshu Foster reports from a mutual aid center in the aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires.
Snowflakes That Start an Avalanche
Anjali Vaidya reviews Jeremy Brecher’s “The Green New Deal from Below: How Ordinary People Are Building a Just and Climate-Safe Economy.”
How Much Still Abides
In conversation at a LARB Luminary Dinner, Richard Powers and Rosanna Xia discuss cross-genre environmental writing, storytelling as music-making, and finding inspiration at the bottom of the ocean.
Yet Still the Earth Burns
M. Keith Booker reviews Gabrielle Korn’s new novel “The Shutouts.”
Chronicles of Collapse
Erik Loomis reviews “The Burning Earth: A History” by Sunil Amrith.
The Hegemony of What Was Real
Frank Falisi interviews Jeff VanderMeer about his new novel “Absolution.”
Archive Fever: Los Angeles Review of Books’ Post-Election Roundup
In light of the election, LARB editors present a selection of archival pieces that reveal what we know (and do not) about ourselves as a nation.
Another Chance at This Dilapidated Earth
Lauren Markham considers personal and planetary grief, longing, and estrangement in her review of Laura Marris’s “The Age of Loneliness.”
A Moment of Doubt, or Nearly So
Zachary Gillan reviews Brian Evenson’s new collection “Good Night, Sleep Tight.”
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