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Throbbing Between World and Nothing: On Robert Glück’s “About Ed”
Rose Higham-Stainton reviews Robert Glück’s “About Ed.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets”
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide” and Perhat Tursun’s “The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang.”
Leaving Your Lane: A Conversation with Lydia Otero
Tom Zoellner talks to Lydia Otero about her new account of a young adulthood in Los Angeles, “L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir”
Echoes of the Original: On the Task of Translating Maria Schneider
Hannah Bonner looks at Elisabeth Subrin’s documentary, “Maria Schneider, 1983,” alongside Vanessa Schneider’s memoir, “My Cousin Maria Schneider.”
You’ll Never Make Yourself Fall Asleep: On Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless”
Thom Sliwowski reviews Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia.”
Conduits to a Feeling: On Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl”
Ayden LeRoux reviews Sophia Giovannitti’s “Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex.”
Shopgirl Pride: On Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees”
Mariella Rudi reviews Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles.”
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.
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.
The Gift That Chung’s Gave Me: On Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”
A. C. Huyen reviews Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.”
You Mustn’t Pretend You Didn’t Know: Arundhati Roy on the Condition of India Under Modi
Arundhati Roy accepts the Charles Veillon Foundation’s 45th European Essay Prize for lifetime achievement.
Jessie’s Girl: On Guinevere Turner’s “When the World Didn’t End”
Tamara MC reviews Guinevere Turner’s “When the World Didn’t End.”
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