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Among the Rose Petals, Queer Possibility: On Sasha Velour’s “The Big Reveal”
Christian Lewis reviews Sasha Velour’s “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Sands of an Hourglass: On Geoff Nicholson’s “Walking on Thin Air”
Tom Zoellner reviews Geoff Nicholson’s “Walking on Thin Air: A Life’s Journey in 99 Steps.”
The Bottom of the Funnel: On Blacks, Jews, Whiteness, Conspiracy, and Hip-Hop
Adam Mansbach writes about his experience growing up among antisemitism and hip-hop.
Leaving Me My Eyes: On Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind”
Deanna K. Kreisel reviews Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”
The Last of the Menckenians: Struggling with an American Iconoclast
Michael Downs considers the troubled state of the institution that preserves the work of H. L. Mencken.
Sequence: Excerpt from “A Map of Future Ruins” by Lauren Markham
LARB presents an excerpt of Lauren Markham’s new book “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Art, Freedom, and a Menagerie: On Ai Weiwei’s “Zodiac”
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
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.”
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