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Words That Speak of What Is Human: On Mireille Gansel’s “Translation as Transhumance”
On how Mireille Gansel guides us.
Memoir & Essay
"The older one grows, the more one likes indecency." — Virginia Woolf
We Have More in Common Than We Know
To read "Translation as Transhumance" is to transhume with Mireille Gansel as she cultivates a multidimensional understanding of language.
“You Can’t Have Flabby Curiosity”: Three Questions for Kim Adrian
Sariah Dorbin asks Kim Adrian a few questions about her new book in the "Object Lesson" series, "Sock."
The Oak, the Oakling, and the Cellar Book: A Fête of Fadimans
Heather Altfeld savors Anne Fadiman's "The Wine Lover’s Daughter."
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You feel, when Sviatoslav Richter is playing, as if this music will be heard once, and then dissolve forever.
Passing and Being Passed Over in the United States
A new anthology on the social pressures of passing.
Flash and Lumber: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Essays
Morten Høi Jensen is swayed but not blinded by the flash of Elizabeth Hardwick’s inimitable essays.
Class Acts
A new memoir about refugee teenagers in a Denver high school.
Other People’s Children, Part 3, or Ghost Touches: Myriam Gurba’s “Mean” and Sexual Violence
Jonathan Alexander on the hauntology of sexual violence in Myriam Gurba’s difficult but impactful new memoir/true crime tale, “Mean.”
Second Chances: The Essays of Martin J. Smith
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett reviews a volume of essays by Martin J. Smith.
The Fucked-Up Thing Is You Don’t Know You’re Burning: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
Aisha Sabatini Sloan and Kiese Laymon in dialogue.
“It’s the Disease, Not the Individual”: A Talk with Zack McDermott
Zack McDermott, author of the memoir "Gorilla and the Bird," talks with LARB about mental illness and criminal justice reform.
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