Archive

Unhooking: On the Gigification of Intimacy
Kelly Coyne examines gig-work philosophy in Emma Cline’s novel “The Guest” and Gene Stupnitsky’s movie “No Hard Feelings.”
Jul 3
- Fiction
- Film
Junk and Underwear: Fabrication and Factography in the Soviet Union
Wendi Bootes examines the contradictory nature of facts through an assessment of Soviet factography, in an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth...
Jul 3
- LARB Quarterly
- Nonfiction
Keeping Up with the Klimate
Hannah Bonner connects Kōhei Saitō’s book “Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto” to Sara Sowell’s short film “Color Negative” by way of the Kardashians.
Jul 2
The DMZ at 70
Matthew Longo reflects on the surreal experience of the DMZ, where borders create both division and unity.
Jul 2
Another Kind of Prescience
Hannah Sage Kay reviews David K. Seitz’s “A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of ‘Deep Space Nine.’”
Jul 1
Coastal Solitaire
Randall Mann interviews Christian Gullette about "Coachella Elegy."
Jul 1
- Poetry
Quality Control
At the Lucy Bull opening’s after-party, Eli Diner assesses the state of criticism, L.A. art, and the ridiculous way collectors are treated.
Jul 1
The Energy to Imagine Him: On Salman Rushdie’s “Knife”
Shehryar Fazli reviews Salman Rushdie’s “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.”
Jun 30
- Memoir
Creation for Survival: A Conversation with Kendra Sullivan
Celina Su interviews Kendra Sullivan about “Reps.”
Jun 30
- Poetry
Why Frantz Fanon Changed His Name: On Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic”
Robert J. C. Young reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Jun 29
- Biography
- Politics and Economics
How to Read Provincially: On Sumana Roy’s “Provincials”
Sameer Pandya reviews Sumana Roy’s “Provincials: Postcards from the Peripheries.”
Jun 29
- Memoir
Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer and former television critic Emily Nussbaum to discuss her book “Cue the Sun...
Jun 28
A Reactionary Turn in Literary Studies: On Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism and Truth”
Elizabeth S. Anker reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism & Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.”
Jun 28
- Nonfiction
What’s Left of Originalism? On Jack M. Balkin’s “Memory and Authority”
Andrew Koppelman critiques Jack Balkin’s ”Memory and Authority.”
Jun 28
The Ethnography of Deep Suffering: On Angela Garcia’s “The Way That Leads Among the Lost”
Ieva Jusionyte reviews Angela Garcia’s “The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.”
Jun 27
- Nonfiction
$Refracted Migrations: On Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism”$
Refracted Migrations: On Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism”
Ananya Kanai Shah reviews Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism.”
Jun 27
- Poetry