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Portrait of a Middle-Class Butch Academic
Alexis Clements reviews Esther Newton’s “My Butch Career,” a memoir of the early life and career of an important pioneer in the field of LGBTQ Studies.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
The Work of Historical Witness: Józef Czapski’s “Lost Time” and “Inhuman Land”
Andrew Schenker celebrates the recovery of “Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp” and “Inhuman Land” by Józef Czapski.
Pursuing the Truth: An Introduction to Józef Czapski's “Inhuman Land: Searching for the Truth in Soviet Russia, 1941–1942”
LARB presents Timothy Snyder’s introduction to Józef Czapski's “Inhuman Land,” translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and published by NYRB Classics today.
A Small but Important Job: Gary Indiana’s “Vile Days”
Andrew Marzoni does a deep dive into the collected writings of Gary Indiana, looking at the man, the culture, and the era that produced him.
“The Most Exhilarating Moments of His Life”: On Charles Sprawson’s “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero”
Antonia Flood dives into “Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero” by Charles Sprawson.
From the Edge of the World: An Interview with Brian Phillips
Isaac Levy-Rubinett interviews Brian Phillips about his energetic essay collection, “Impossible Owls.”
“When We Were Young”: On Jeanne McCulloch’s “All Happy Families”
Tom Teicholz wades into “All Happy Families,” a “shimmering gem of a memoir” by Jeanne McCulloch.
The Familiar Is Always Strange: Erica Trabold’s Lyric Essays
A debut collection of essays explores family, memory, space, and place.
The Sufferings of Nietzsche
Morten Høi Jensen contemplates the fruitful sufferings of Nietzsche, as chronicled in recent books by Sue Prideaux and John Kaag.
What Does Jill Soloway Want?
Meredith Maran takes a look at Jill Soloway’s new memoir, “She Wants It,” which delves into the noted director and writer’s political awakening.
My Favorite Year: In Los Angeles with Eve Babitz in 1971
Dan Wakefield recalls his favorite year, spent with Eve Babitz in her city.
Anna Maria Ortese’s Unforgiving Vision in “Neapolitan Chronicles”
Eloisa Morra unmasks the challenging nature of Anna Maria Ortese’s classic fiction-reportage hybrid “Neapolitan Chronicles.”
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