How to Remember My Mother
This piece will appear in the LARB Print Quarterly Journal: No. 15, Revolution Become a member to receive the LARB Quarterly Journal I SAW SOMETHING on my left cheek. I thought it was a scab. I pulled it off. It was ...
Of Beastly Times
Neha Sharma reflects on the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in India....
And Yet
Looking back on what I wrote in my ambitious youth, I catch myself mentally revising every other sentence. But I was far less likely to get stuck back then....
Love Is Never a Given
Skye C. Cleary talks to Andrea Miller about her new book, "Radical Acceptance: The Secret to Happy, Lasting Love."...
How to Make a Stubborn Donkey Move: Advice for Writers Under Dictatorship in the Internet Age
Uzbek author Hamid Ismailov reflects on the challenge of writing under a dictatorship....
The Lost City of the Monkey God, or Close Enough
Kathleen Sharp talks to Doug Preston about “The Lost City of the Monkey God.”...
The Other F-Word: On History, Memory, and Experiments in Armenian-Turkish Conciliation
Mischa Geracoulis recounts her experience discussing the Armenian Genocide with a Turkish acquaintance, and her journey to forgiveness....
Wish I Were There: The Life and Times of a Travel Writer
Thomas Swick reflects on his career as a travel writer....
I Love My Selfie: An Essay
Cultural critic Ilan Stavans contemplates the selfie....
Music Meets Writing: On Haruki Murakami and Seiji Ozawa
Colin Marshall listens closely to “Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa” by Haruki Murakami....
Remembering Robert Silvers: An Interview from the Archives
In remembrance of Robert Silvers, the Los Angeles Review of Books republishes this 2013 interview with the late NYRB editor....
When Democracy Doesn’t: Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Sean McCoy visits a New Mexico county to find out why this rural community would flip from Obama to Trump....
