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Children in Flight and Women in Cages
Johanna Pelikan reviews “Lost Writings: Two Novels by Mina Loy,” edited by Karla Kelsey.
Gender & Sexuality
"As far as I'm concerned, being any gender is a drag." — Patti Smith
I’m Not Queer—I’m Disembodied
Maral Attar-Zadeh explores queerness, death, and desire in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs’s “Queer.”
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.
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.”
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