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Finishing Moves
In his story from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Evan McGarvey boards a long flight with a group of professional wrestlers.
Fiction
"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain
The Dog Days Are … Back?
Hannah Bonner considers Marielle Heller’s new adaptation of “Nightbitch,” Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel.
Slowly Gripped by Growing Insanity
In an interview with Svetlana Satchkova, Michael Idov explains how he “didn’t want to do a twist on the [spy] genre”—he “wanted to do the thing itself.”
The Absurd Definitely Plays a Role
Katya Apekina interviews Nora Lange on the occasion of her debut novel, “Us Fools.”
Bright
Grace Byron’s story from the LARB Quarterly no. 43 moves between tense living rooms, quiet bookstores, and dive bars where old songs ooze out of speakers “like sludge.”
Eros, Meet Thanatos
Ryan McIlvain reviews Samantha Allen’s “Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet.”
The Other Among Us
Addie Tsai interviews Daniel Olivas about his new book “Chicano Frankenstein.”
Decimated, Then Reassembled on Arrival: Lore Segal’s Legacy
Na’amit Sturm Nagel pays tribute to the late Lore Segal, a novelist who wrote autobiographically.
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.
From the Pudong Airport to Tiananmen Square
Rebecca F. Kuang reviews Lai Wen’s “Tiananmen Square” and Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders.”
Unspoken Spaces
Akanksha Singh interviews Jokha Alharthi about her latest novel, “Silken Gazelles.”
Two New Stories: “Pigfoot” and “Witches of Fresno”
In a pair of flash fiction pieces from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Venita Blackburn traces the porous border between this life and one beyond.
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