From Artifice to Authenticity: A Conversation with Gina Frangello
Gina Frangello discusses her new hold-nothing-back memoir, “Blow Your House Down.”
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
True Crime’s Deceits: The Genrefication of Tragedy
Despite the popularity of the true-crime genre, murder isn’t meant to be watchable.
The Body’s Story: On Frida Kahlo
LARB presents an excerpt from Emily Rapp Black’s “Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg,” out next week from Notting Hill Editions.
The Black Performance of Literary Quiet: A Conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib
The celebrated poet and essayist discusses his inspirations and the power of improvisation.
My Palestinian Poem that “The New Yorker” Wouldn’t Publish
Fascinated by Synchronicities: A Conversation through Tarot with Elissa Washuta
A conversation, in the form of a tarot reading, with Elissa Washuta, author of the essay collection “White Magic.”
Grief and Joy Intermixed: On Michelle Zauner’s “Crying in H Mart”
Michelle Zauner’s memoir of caring for her cancer-stricken mother is generous and transformative.
Six Burning Questions for Michelle Zauner About “Crying in H Mart”
Katie Schwarz talks to Michelle Zauner about her debut book, “Crying in H Mart.”
Blind Curve Ahead
Rachel Kushner rides a motorcycle close to the edge.
On Packing Up My Library
How a scholar built a world-class Latin American Judaica collection, and then shipped it away.
Tainted Objects: A Conversation with Laura Levitt
Jacquelyn Ardam interviews Laura Levitt on the objects left behind after trauma in her new book, “The Objects That Remain.”
Finding the Story: A Conversation with Lilly Dancyger
Lilly Dancyger discusses her new memoir about her artist father, “Negative Space.”
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