Short Takes

Why Miss Bishop (and Mr. Cheever) Mattered: A Rumination on Dana Gioia’s “Studying with Miss Bishop”
Art Beck considers Dana Gioia’s portraits of Elizabeth Bishop and John Cheever.
Art BeckNov 9, 2021
The BBC Called Again, This Time About Meghan Markle
Jervey TervalonNov 6, 2021
How the Light Gets In: On Katie Farris’s “A Net to Catch My Body in Its Weaving”
Olga LivshinNov 1, 2021
Colette Liu Tervalon Arrives on the Scene
Jervey TervalonOct 30, 2021
The Three Little Pigs and a Big Bad Wolf: On Gabriel Hart’s “Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell”
Robert FrombergOct 29, 2021
The Peculiar Thrill of Seeing One’s Words: A Conversation with Mark Haddon on Translator Names on Book Covers
Nathan Scott McNamara asks Mark Haddon about the campaign to put translators’ names on book covers.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 27, 2021
I Don't Want to Have to Think
Jervey TervalonOct 23, 2021
Cinema as Airport: On Nora Martirosyan’s “Should the Wind Drop”
Laure AstourianOct 22, 2021
“It’s My Body and My Business”: In Search of General Agreement
Linda Trinkaus ZagzebskiOct 20, 2021
Ask Ellie: “Should I choose my home or my marriage?”
Ellie RobinsOct 19, 2021
Mountain Run on Mo Gan Shan
Jervey TervalonOct 16, 2021
The Loneliness of Animals: On Yevgenia Belorusets’s “Modern Animal”
Olena Jennings hunts down “Modern Animal” by Ukrainian author Yevgenia Belorusets, translated by Bela Shayevich.
Olena JenningsOct 13, 2021
The Dark Empire of “Post-Truth”
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco calls for the rescue of truth.
Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoOct 10, 2021
Reckless Reader: Seminary Co-Op
Natasha Vhugen introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Seminary Co-Op in Chicago, IL.
Natasha VhugenOct 9, 2021
The Cult of Light Skinnedness
Jervey TervalonOct 9, 2021
Shadows and Ghosts: The Evolution of the PEN Charter
An address on PEN International’s 100+ centenary celebrations. PEN was founded in London on October 5, 1921.
Peter D. McDonaldOct 4, 2021