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Mean Mommies: Care in Contemporary Queer Literature
In an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 43, “Fixation,” Jenny Fran Davis considers the portrayal of care in contemporary queer literature.
Gender & Sexuality
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
Teen Life Is a Horror Show
Molly D. Boyd considers Nick Cutter’s new horror novel “The Queen.”
I Like the Coldness
Madeleine Connors interviews Lili Anolik about her new book, “Didion & Babitz.”
New Tyrannies
Sophie Kemp considers the recent and ongoing radicalization of young men in the United States.
Fitful Glimpses and Spurts
Katie Kadue reviews Lili Anolik’s “Didion & Babitz.”
Tighten Up
Brendan Boyle considers Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance.”
Real Dolls
Kara Rota reviews Coralie Fargeat’s film “The Substance.”
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.
Is It Possible Not to Die of AIDS?
Joshua Gutterman Tranen speaks with Keiko Lane about her memoir “Blood Loss: A Love Story of AIDS, Activism, and Art.”
Alignment, Not Transition
Hugh Ryan interviews Oliver Radclyffe about gender, late-in-life transition, and Radclyffe’s memoir, “Frighten the Horses.”
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Abject
Caroline Tracey explores, via Dahlia de la Cerda’s “Reservoir Bitches,” the possibilities and limits of women’s agency on the fringes of Mexico’s narcosphere.
Every Abyss Is a Matter of Time
Alina Stefanescu reviews “The Use of Photography” by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie, newly translated into English by Alison L. Strayer.
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