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How Israel Lost America

Saree Makdisi writes on the student protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Eurovision in Wartime
Lina Abascal reports from the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
Lina AbascalJul 16
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Rebranding a Hill
Eli Diner witnesses patrons refusing to pay for their own art (why should they?) at the Brick gallery’s Allan Sekula–estate book sale.
Eli DinerJul 16
Mirror Images: Disabled Writers on Frida Kahlo
Jess Libow explores how disabled writers have taken up Frida Kahlo’s image and legacy.
Jess LibowJul 15
All Tied Up
Madeleine Connors steps into the blockchain to watch the Sparks almost crush the Mystics at Crypto.com Arena.
Madeleine ConnorsJul 13

It is his refusal to speak directly about “issues” that makes J. D. Vance the new pundit for white people.

Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin”
Kate Wolf speaks with writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher about her debut novel, “The Coin.”
LARB Radio HourJul 12
How Israel Lost America
Saree Makdisi writes on the student protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Saree MakdisiJul 12
What Ever Happened to Reasonably Priced Red Vines?
Madeleine Connors can’t believe her Bette Davis eyes at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s “Baby Jane” screening.
Madeleine ConnorsJul 9
“Chinatown” at 50, or Seeing Oil Through Cinema
Michael Rubenstein writes on the 50th anniversary of “Chinatown” and the beginning of the end of petromodernity.
Michael RubensteinJul 8
The Gap at the End of the World
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Cynthia Cruz seeks truth in melancholia, Hegel, and capitalist civilization’s possible futures.
Cynthia CruzJul 8
Lyrical Silicone
Cristóbal Riego explores the hybrid nonfiction writings of Chilean author Pedro Lemebel.
Cristóbal RiegoJul 7
Death Blows
Tosten Burks watches Photay and Celia Hollander throw caution to “The Wind” at Fairfax’s Brain Dead Studios.
Tosten BurksJul 6
Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America
Eric Newman speaks with author Nell Irvin Painter about her latest collection of essays, “I Just Keep Talking.”
LARB Radio HourJul 5