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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."...
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LARB Quarterly
“Enlightened or Disturbed”: A Conversation with Elaine Hsieh Chou
An interview with Elaine Hsieh Chou about love and rage as it plays out in her latest book, "Disorientation," as well as in her funny and heartbreaking piece, “The 100% Silicone Vibrating Ass & Pussy Speaks,” published in the summer “Do You Love Me” issue of The LARB Quarterly....
Liberating the Archives: Hugh Ryan’s “Women’s House of Detention”
Eric Newman interviews Hugh Ryan about the queer carceral history of his new book, “The Women’s House of Detention”...
Dead Cats: A Conversation on Romance and Rejection
A conversation between Gawker editor and “Ask A Fuck Up” columnist Brandy Jensen and writer and critic Andrea Long Chu on romance and rejection....
We Lost It at the Movies
Martha Southgate ponders the formative experiences and changing landscape of going to "The Movies."...
The Sublime Danielle Steel: For the Love of Supermarket Schlock
Dan Sinykin reconsiders the career of Danielle Steel....
Oscar Wilde Thought My Great-Grandfather Was Cute
Svetlana Kitto recalls when Oscar Wilde paid her great-grandfather a compliment....
The Hand Claps
Rosie Stockton and Rachel Rabbit White in conversation, followed by a series of poems by the pair....
What Is L.A. Art?
Perwana Nazif on Suzanne Jackson and the character of L.A. art....
On Boba
Kyla Wazana Tompkins on the history and joys of boba....
LAX—
Emily Ratajkowski remembers crashing in Los Angeles in this piece from the new LARB Quarterly....
Angeleno Mixed States
Porochista Khakpour reflects on love and Los Angeles in this piece from the new LARB Quarterly....
Bathtub Drafts: Doja Cat Wants You to See Her
Doja Cat wants you to see her. And she’s serious....
Infamous
In an essay from the new LARB Quarterly, Anthony C. Ocampo reflects on the T-parties of his young adult life in Los Angeles....
Making the Sentence Chic
Joan Didion’s allegiance to craft above action....
Not Like Other Girls
Eve Babitz’s Los Angeles is laid out like lace....
Going to the Show Again
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Under the Bridge: On Samuel Greenberg
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Unfolding Beijing
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A Love Supreme: On Michael S. Harper’s “Dear John, Dear Coltrane” (1966)
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Doing Justice to Egyptian Feminists
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Shadows Walking: With Wallace Stevens in New Haven
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Gaps and Asterisks
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The Lady in the Tent
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