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And I Never Looked Back
Tracing the California lineage of Charles Bukowski’s publisher, Black Sparrow Press, and its passionate founder, John Martin.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
The Mysterious Eugenics of Aesthetic Taste
In the 11th essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Michael Rossi shows how American scientists and artists used their discovery of racial ‘types’ to buttress eugenicist notions of aesthetic taste.
The Globalization of US Healthcare
Eram Alam’s new book uncovers the ways that immigrant physicians have propped up the American medical system.
Stone Age Mindset
Luke Kemp’s ‘Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse’ diagnoses civilizational symptoms while sidestepping serious solutions.
God Bites the Dust
Scott Bradfield interviews S. T. Joshi about the second volume of “The Downfall of God.”
Keeping House
Marina Magloire writes on the Clifton House, the Pamoja workshop, revolution, and refuge, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
A New Name for an Old Phenomenon
Michele Willens speaks with Danny Goldberg about his new book on the police beating of Rodney King and its aftermath.
Filthy Matters
Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
American Action, Then and Now
Tess Pollok interviews Lauren O’Neill-Butler about her new essay collection, “The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America.”
The Fascist Cinematic Universe
Tim Brinkhof considers Joe Wright’s new Mussolini miniseries as a flawed representation of the rise of fascism in Italy.
A Martyr for Free Speech
Historian Paul Finkelman praises Brad Snyder’s new account of a wrongfully convicted civil rights hero.
The Law Is Never a Given
Sumaiya Aftab Ahmed considers “38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia,” the newest book from Philippe Sands.
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