LARB Quarterly

Mosab Abu Toha’s “Gaza Notebook (2021–2023)”
A new poem from Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha in Gaza....
Mosab Abu TohaNov 22
My Bird Today Promises a Story
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Dan O’Brien finds symbols of life and faith in the theater....
Dan O’BrienOct 30
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- Memoir
The One-Way Ticket to Barcelona
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Corina Zappia considers the state of travel for single women....
Corina ZappiaOct 27
The Air We Breathe Is Holy: Exvangelical Indie Rock
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Matthew Mullins explores exvangelical indie rock and reevaluates his own identity within the American evangelical movement....
Matthew MullinsOct 23
Empress Elisabeth and the Archives of Anorexia
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Meghan Racklin considers the life and imperfectly rendered image of Empress Elisabeth of Austria....
Meghan RacklinOct 20
State Eyes in the Sky: On the History of Helicopters in Policing
In a preview of the new LARB Quarterly, no. 39: “Air,” Nicholas Shapiro, Kate McInerny, Matyos Kidane, and Jacobo Pereira-Pacheco discuss the effects and racialized nature of police-helicopter monitoring and the noise pollution these machines produce....
Nicholas Shapiro, Kate McInerny, Matyos Kidane, Jacobo Pereira-PachecoOct 13
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- Science & Technology
Pillows of Air: A Conversation with Lawrence Weschler
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39 “Air,” Michelle Chihara interviews Lawrence Weschler about his ancestry, his relationship to Los Angeles, his time at NYU, and more....
Michelle ChiharaOct 6
Carnivalesque: On the Ways We See Basketball
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Tosten Burks surveys the new philosophy and syntax of basketball writing....
Tosten BurksSep 29
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- Sports
The Funny Thing About Misogyny
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Katie Kadue breaks down the misogynist history of the rape joke....
Katie KadueSep 25
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- Nonfiction
Perma-noon: On Light Pollution and the Way We Talk About the Natural World
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39: “Air,” Lauren Collee explores the history of light pollution....
Lauren ColleeSep 4
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- Science & Technology
Withering Green Rush: California Cannabis Breeding at a Crossroads
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 38: Earth, Ali Bektaş examines one of the state’s most contentious and consequential industries....
Ali BektaşAug 5
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- Science & Technology
The Battle for Love
In a preview of “LARB Quarterly” no. 38: “Earth,” Camila Fabbri considers what forever means, as translated by Robin Myers....
Camila Fabbri, Robin MyersJul 31
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- Memoir
Thorns, or The Things That Humans Do in the Name of Care That Are Something Other Than Care
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 38: Earth, Juliana Spahr explores the end....
Juliana SpahrJul 28
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- Memoir
Illicit, Offshore, Shadow, Invisible: Financial Thrillers and Global Capital
In a preview of LARB Quarterly, no. 38: Earth, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara explores the opaque world of global finance....
Michelle ChiharaJul 24
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What Not to Wear
Bharat Jayram Venkat explores the history of how the business suit became the unit of measurement for heat, in an excerpt from LARB Quarterly, no. 37: Fire....
Bharat Jayram VenkatMay 28
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Thinking in Ruins: On the Llano del Rio Experiment
In a preview of LARB Quarterly's upcoming issue, Earth, Laura Nelson explores the Llano del Rio failed commune experiment in the California desert....
Laura NelsonMay 21
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“Sir, You Do Realize I Am 9-1-1?”: On the Lives and Afterlives of California’s Firefighters
Jaime Lowe reports on the neglect and exploitation coursing through the civilian fire infrastructure revealed after the release of her book “Breathing Fire,” which investigated Shawna Jones’s life and her death—and the stories of the more than 200 women who worked on all-female crews as part of California’s incarcerated firefighting system....
Jaime LoweMay 1
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The Universe’s Couch: A Conversation Between Bud Smith and Mike Jeffrey
Bud Smith and Mike Jeffrey discuss their semi-autobiographical fiction in the forthcoming “Fire” issue of “The LA RB Quarterly.”...
Bud Smith, Mike JeffreyApr 25
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The Water’s Edge: On Laura Aguilar’s Photography
Rosa Boshier González on Laura Aguilar’s Los Angeles from The LARB Quarterly, no. 36: “Are you content?”...
Rosa Boshier GonzálezJan 18
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What Are You Looking For?: A Conversation with Open Mike Eagle
Paul Thompson interviews rapper Open Mike Eagle for issue no. 36 of The LARB Quarterly....
Paul ThompsonJan 6
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- Music
Magic and Technology: A Profile of David Duchovny
Sadie Rebecca Starnes profiles David Duchovny as an author....
Sadie Rebecca StarnesNov 3, 2022
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Super Rich Kids with Nothing but Fake Friends: Nadia Lee Cohen’s Dream of L.A.
Porochista Khakpour muses on artist Nadia Lee Cohen's recent creative explorations in Los Angeles....
Porochista KhakpourSep 27, 2022
- Art
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Random House: Surviving Rejection (After Rejection)
Anna Dorn explores a career in rejection (and eventual success)....
Anna DornSep 19, 2022
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- Memoir
The Girl and the Outlaw: Jordan Peele’s “Nope” and the End of the Alien
Paul Thompson explores the strangeness of the film industry in L.A. and its reckoning with racist histories and the natural world in Jordan Peele's "Nope."...
Paul ThompsonSep 11, 2022