What Does Translation Do?
Virginie Bobin’s new book argues that translation can be a form of political intervention.
Jodie HareMar 31
- Literary Criticism
- Politics
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Nature Morte, 1982–1988
Nature Morte, 1982–1988 is the first survey exhibition dedicated to the influential East Village gallery Nature Morte currently showing at Ehrlich Steinberg in Los Angeles.
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In Praise of Difficult Poetry
A new strain of contemporary women poets proves there is still a place for the rewardingly difficult in English-language poetics.
Eileen G’SellMar 31
- Poetry
- Gender & Sexuality
Los Angeles Gives and Taix
On memory, erasure, and the loss of another L.A. icon.
Nikki DarlingMar 30
Motricity and Desire
High school sophomores or 16th-century saints? Sam Contis’s recent exhibition captures the unmediated facial expressions of runners at the finish line.
Lindsey A. FreemanMar 30
- Art & Architecture
- Sports
The Pan-Scan Scam
Arjun S. Byju dissects the cultural and scientific underpinnings of the radiological craze for full-body MRIs.
Arjun S. ByjuMar 29
- Science & Technology
- Politics
An Offering for the Commemoration
An Altadena landscape designer prepares to reseed her devastated town in the aftermath of the 2025 wildfires.
Danielle VonLeheMar 28
- Environment
- Memoir & Essay

LARB Turns 15
Celebrate 15 years of LARB with a special anthology issue of the LARB Quarterly, a rotating selection of new editorial features and old favorites from our archive, and a full slate of exciting events and workshops.
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The War in Iran and the Limits of American Journalism
Journalist and 'Equator' co-founder Jonathan Shainin joins the podcast to talk about war in Iran, Lebanon, and how conflict is covered by the press
LARB Radio HourMar 20
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Writing in Place with Sierra Crane Murdoch
Join us for a 6-week online non-fiction workshop on the importance of place with generative exercises, discussions, and feedback on a work in progress.
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THE ROAD AHEAD
This Is My War
On Iran, the experience of home, and a conflict that is ‘doubly mine.’
Hooman MajdMar 11
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
THE ROAD AHEAD
Shelter in Place
The battle for Minnesota’s public.
Kristin CollierMar 1
- Politics
- Memoir & Essay

Labor of Love
Allyson Nadia Field discusses her new book’s exploration of hidden moments in Black film history and the rejuvenating contexts that expand their meaning.
Robert DanielsMar 28
- Film
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Hyperpolitics
'LARB Radio Hour' uses Anton Jäger's 'Hyperpolitics' as a frame for the current political quagmire we find ourselves in
LARB Radio HourMar 27
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Helen, by Frank
Exploring the lives of New Zealand author Helen Shaw and her husband, photographer Frank Hofmann, alongside their complementary artistic projects.
Gabrielle McClellanMar 27
- Art & Architecture
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Mothra Lives Again!
A new translation revitalizes Mothra stories from the early days of Godzilla, but the writing itself struggles to emerge from its cocoon.
Timothy S. MurphyMar 26
- SF
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SILVER SCREEN
To Be, or Not to Be, Misunderstood
The most famous line in literature doesn’t mean what ‘Hamnet’ thinks it means.
Robert N. WatsonMar 13
- Film
- Literary Criticism
CITY OF ANGELS
Finding Our God-Terms
The work of literary critic Mark Edmundson offers a powerful vision for recentering the American university.
Joshua HallMar 2
- Literary Criticism
- Education
BETA MODE
Can the Internet Be Saved?
After troubleshooting Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir, it becomes clear that the internet’s flaws were there from the start.
Nicholas CarrFeb 28
- Science & Technology
- History
ETERNAL SUNSHINE
The End of Psychiatry (Kind Of)
Neurologist Pria Anand lauds Khameer Kidia’s new dissection of Western psychiatric imperialism.
Pria AnandFeb 3
- Science & Technology
- Cultural Studies

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Cat Scratch Tarot
My Barbarian’s tarot exhibition at Lubov evokes the domestic familiarity and ancient unknowability of our feline friends.
Elizabeth WietMar 26
- Art & Architecture
Consider the Waffle
Are Waffle Houses or garden cities the future of food?
Benjamin R. CohenMar 25
- Food & Drink
- Economics and Finance
Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part II
For the Legacies of Eugenics series, Jessica Riskin continues to explore how the neo-Darwinian ‘modern synthesis’ was simply nonsense.
Jessica RiskinMar 24
Eugenics and the Modern Synthesis, Part I
For the Legacies of Eugenics series, Jessica Riskin explores how the neo-Darwinian idea of ‘modern synthesis’ tried to fuse eugenics, genetics, and evolution as three aspects of the same science.
Jessica RiskinMar 23
I Might Just Strangle You, Baby
Richard Edwards’s new solo album emerges from a personal hell of isolation and physical travails.
Justin GautreauMar 23
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Benjamin R. CohenMar 25
An Offering for the Commemoration
Danielle VonLeheMar 28
The Radical Cringe of “The Pitt”
Charlotte E. RosenMay 18, 2025
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Prestige Fiction Is Dead
Dennis Wilson WiseMar 12
I Might Just Strangle You, Baby
Justin GautreauMar 23

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Different, Deadly Games
With the American-Israeli assault on Iran, the die is cast.
Hamid DabashiMar 16
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Big Men and Little People
Two recent books on Idi Amin’s Uganda present an African mirror for Trump’s United States to see itself.
Samuel Fury Childs DalyMar 12
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Prestige Fiction Is Dead
Evan Brier’s recent book conducts a depressing literary autopsy, complete with case studies.
Dennis Wilson WiseMar 12
It Really Can Happen Here
What the transnational links among fascist movements in the 1930s can tell us about the Far Right today.
Juliette BretanFeb 27
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A Romance You Watch in Secret
The Russian-language reception of Crave’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ shows how tenderness, desire, and character complexity shape a phenomenon that transcends borders.
Olga NechaevaMar 14
Lip-Synching the Revolution
Fighting about art and identity, again.
Bradley WesterMar 11
- Art & Architecture
Photography Gone to the Dogs
John Divola’s photographs of the Southern California desert in the late 1990s get a second wind thanks to Nazraeli Press’s reissues.
Andrew WittMar 8
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Sweating It Out
The history of experiencing life as a sweaty body in steamy queer spaces.
Calvin GimpelevichFeb 25
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LARB Radio Hour

The War in Iran and the Limits of American Journalism
Journalist and 'Equator' co-founder Jonathan Shainin joins the podcast to talk about war in Iran, Lebanon, and how conflict is covered by the press
LARB Radio HourMar 20
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LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2026 Oscars Preview
Film Comment and LARB editors discuss Oscars 2026, including their personal favorites, film themes of the year, and more
LARB Radio HourMar 13
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Vigdis Hjorth's 'Repetition'
Vigdis Hjorth joins the podcast to talk about about her latest novel, 'Repetition'
LARB Radio HourMar 6
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Lauren Groff's 'Brawler'
Lauren Groff joins the podcast to talk about her new short story collection 'Brawler,' her approach to story writing, and more
LARB Radio HourFeb 27
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LARB Quarterly, no. 48: 15th Anniversary Issue

The LARB Quarterly no. 48, our 15th Anniversary Issue, is an anthology curated from over 16,000 pieces published over LARB’s lifetime. The collection is not meant to be exhaustive, or the “best of the best,” but rather representative of a certain LARBiness—that combination of critical attention and Los Angeles ease.

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