Memoir & Essay

"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf

Working the Trap: On Suzanne Scanlon’s “Committed”
Diana Heald reviews Suzanne Scanlon’s “Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen.”
Diana HealdMay 5, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
True Life: I Called Off My Wedding
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Sarah Yanni accounts for what she left behind when she called off her wedding—and what she couldn’t.
Sarah YanniMay 1, 2024
- LARB Lit
- Memoir & Essay
It Was Me and Not Me All the Time: A Conversation with Eileen Myles
Lydia Eno interviews Eileen Myles for the 30th anniversary of “Chelsea Girls.”
Lydia EnoMay 1, 2024
My Book Is a Trauma Plot: A Conversation Between Geoffrey Mak and Whitney Mallett
Whitney Mallett talks with Geoffrey Mak about his new book “Mean Boys: A Personal History” and trauma plot trends in recent writing.
Whitney MallettApr 28, 2024
When Tolstoy Met Trollope: On Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story”
Bob Blaisdell reviews Sophie Ratcliffe’s “Loss, a Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters.”
Bob BlaisdellApr 17, 2024
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
Misinformed Care: On Uché Blackstock’s “Legacy” and Constance Hilliard’s “Ancestral Genomics”
Naa Oyo A. Kwate lauds Uché Blackstock’s grounded memoir about racism in medicine and denounces Constance Hilliard’s genetic explanation for Black health disparities.
Naa Oyo A. KwateApr 16, 2024
The Good Wood: On Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki”
Josh Billings reviews Matthew J. C. Clark’s “Bjarki, Not Bjarki: On Floorboards, Love, and Irreconcilable Differences.”
Josh BillingsApr 11, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
A Red Flag for a Bull: On Constance Debré’s “Playboy”
Lazz Kinnamon reviews Constance Debré's "Playboy."
Lazz KinnamonApr 9, 2024
The Thoughts That Almost Killed Us: On Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight”
Leah Mandel reviews Emmeline Clein’s “Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm.”
Leah MandelApr 6, 2024
For Potters, Read Wedgwood: On Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood”
Mimi Howard reviews Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood.”
Mimi HowardApr 3, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
Making Meaning out of Randomness: On Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries”
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
Julia BerickApr 3, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
Allegorical Moments: Lyn Hejinian’s Life in Writing
Nine poets and critics commemorate the late Lyn Hejinian.
Abigail Lang, Alan Golding, Barrett Watten, Carla Harryman, Jeanne Heuving, Kit Robinson, Rae Armantrout, Roberto Harrison, Vladimir FeshchenkoMar 31, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
- Poetry