LARB Lit

Tess Taylor’s ‘Three Notebooks’
Tess Taylor captures fragments of dream text, blank invitations, and stored receipts, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Tess TaylorJan 1
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Anna Journey’s ‘I Object to the Etymology of Sacrum’
Anna Journey writes on the ‘site of infernal nerve spark and spasm,’ in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Anna JourneyDec 31, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Two Poems by Dalia Taha
Dalia Taha writes on Palestine and the messages etched into the land, in two poems from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security,’ translated by Sara Elkamel.
Dalia Taha, Sara ElkamelDec 30, 2025
- Poetry
- LARB Lit
Rhoni Blankenhorn’s ‘Mirror’
Rhoni Blankenhorn confronts her changing self, in a poem from LARB Quarterly no. 47, ‘Security.’
Rhoni BlankenhornDec 29, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Cowardice
In a story from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security,” Hannah Liberman’s narrator—who has a “lemon-sized” tumor in her throat—faces a possible cancer diagnosis that forces her to confront her memories, relationships, and losses.
Hannah LibermanDec 25, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Fiction
Keeping House
Marina Magloire writes on the Clifton House, the Pamoja workshop, revolution, and refuge, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Marina MagloireDec 22, 2025
- LARB Lit
- History
Taix
Anahid Nersessian people-watches at Taix in the most recent installment of I Come Here Often, from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Anahid NersessianDec 19, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Food & Drink
An Apocalypse for Every Epoch
Emmett Rensin writes on eco-grief, the climate dirge, and one Armenian monk in a new hybrid fiction-cum-essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Emmett RensinDec 13, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Fiction
Filthy Matters
Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Calvin GimpelevichDec 9, 2025
- LARB Lit
- History
People of the World: Relax!
“People of the World: Relax!” is excerpted from “The Complete C Comics,” a collection of Joe Brainard’s innovative work, and featured in LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Joe BrainardDec 2, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Comics
Don’t Close Your Teeth
Cynthia Zarin traces the rise of fascism through the diary entries of Virginia Woolf, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Cynthia ZarinNov 17, 2025
The Secessionists of Shasta County
Nevin Kallepalli investigates political resentment in rural California, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: “Security.”
Nevin KallepalliNov 10, 2025
- LARB Lit
- Politics