Stories We Tell: The Promise and Peril of Mental Illness Narratives
Through analysis of Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence” and Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers to...
Through analysis of Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence” and Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers to...
Isabel RuehlSep 28, 2023
Farah Ahamed on how men reacted to her book about menstruation—by explaining menstruation.
Farah AhamedSep 24, 2023
Mikkel Krause Frantzen explores emotions at the end.
Mikkel Krause FrantzenSep 23, 2023
Sumana Roy on how the vernacularization of the English language has affected Indian political and cultural life.
Sumana RoySep 22, 2023
Colin Flynn remembers learning from David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Lethem.
Colin FlynnSep 15, 2023
Noah Rawlings reviews John McPhee’s “Tabula Rasa.”
Noah RawlingsSep 15, 2023
Daniel Olivas talks with Myriam Gurba about her new book “Creep: Accusations and Confessions.”
Daniel A. OlivasSep 5, 2023
Joel Cuthbertson defends the creative writing MFA as an educational, not a vocational, enterprise.
Joel CuthbertsonSep 2, 2023
Craig Childs reviews Tom Zoellner’s “Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona.”
Craig ChildsAug 27, 2023
Julie Morrison reviews Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences: Improbable Adventures, a Near-Death Experience, and Unexpected Redemption in the New...
Julie MorrisonAug 23, 2023
Katherine Robinson reviews Mark Wormald’s “The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes.”
Katherine RobinsonAug 19, 2023
Jay Murphy reviews three recent books of (and about) the late writings of Antonin Artaud.
Jay MurphyAug 3, 2023
Robin Myers writes about her experience of migrating to Mexico City and coming to translate Spanish poetry.
Robin MyersAug 2, 2023
In a preview of “LARB Quarterly” no. 38: “Earth,” Camila Fabbri considers what forever means, as translated by Robin Myers.
Camila Fabbri, Robin MyersJul 31, 2023
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 38: Earth, Juliana Spahr explores the end.
Juliana SpahrJul 28, 2023
Samuel Tchorek-Bentall explores the career of Marek Edelman, hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Samuel Tchorek-BentallJul 24, 2023
Joanna Chen writes about the pleasures of translating work by the late Israeli writer Meir Shalev.
Joanna ChenJul 23, 2023
Anna Dorn reviews Caroline Calloway’s “Scammer.”
Anna DornJul 21, 2023
Roger Luckhurst reviews M. John Harrison’s “Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir.”
Roger LuckhurstJul 18, 2023
Paul Vangelisti reviews Guy Zimmerman’s “Outlaw Theatre: Field Notes from the Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop and Festival.”
Paul VangelistiJul 3, 2023
Nico Slate talks about his late biracial brother, the inspiration for his new book “Brothers: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race.”
Nico SlateJul 1, 2023
Lily Felsenthal speaks with Hannah Pittard about her new book “We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind Of].”
Lily FelsenthalJul 1, 2023
Vivian Medithi reviews McKenzie Wark’s “Raving.”
Vivian MedithiJun 29, 2023
Michele Willens reviews Tom Brokaw’s “Never Give Up: A Prairie Family’s Story.”
Michele WillensJun 29, 2023