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Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s “Zodiac”
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The Failed Saint: On George Orwell’s India
Jason Christian visits George Orwell’s birthplace in India.
Sadness and Strange Beauty: On Manjula Martin’s “The Last Fire Season”
Ellie Eberlee reviews Manjula Martin’s “The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History.”
Haunting Objects: On the Work of Darrel Ellis
Jonathan Alexander considers the work of Black, queer photographer Darrel Ellis, whose work is receiving renewed attention.
Who Gets to Name What’s Evil? On Blake Butler’s “Molly”
Mike Jeffrey reviews Blake Butler’s “Molly.”
I Will Never Die, Part 2
Sadie Sartini Garner meditates on mortality, music, and Christianity for LARB Quarterly, no. 40: “Water.”
Specific Solitudes: On Athena Dixon’s “The Loneliness Files”
Diana Ruzova reviews Athena Dixon’s “The Loneliness Files.”
The Body and Its Denizen: On Kate Manne’s “Unshrinking”
Emmeline Clein reviews Kate Manne’s “Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia.”
Long Live Pope.L, the Friendliest Black Artist in America
Reflections from a former student of Pope.L on his artistic practice.
Inside My Dark Room
Julie Park reflects on the process of bringing out her book on the 18th-century camera obscura.
Houellebecq’s Holy Folly: On Michel Houellebecq’s “Quelques mois dans ma vie”
Cory Stockwell reviews Michel Houellebecq’s “Quelques mois dans ma vie.”
Writing Blue
Terry Nguyen explores blue essays for LARB Quarterly, no. 40: “Water.”
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