There Is No Point in My Being Other Than Honest with You: On Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House.
Melina Moe writes about the rejection letters Toni Morrison sent as an editor at Random House.
Melina MoeMar 26
Christopher Newfield reviews Bruce Robbins’s “Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction.”
Christopher NewfieldMar 24
Chloe Xiang reviews Cindy Juyoung Ok’s “Ward Toward.”
Chloe XiangMar 19
Ellen Song looks at Eunice Lau’s documentary “A-Town Boyz” in the context of contemporary Asian American representation.
Ellen SongMar 19
Adrienne Raphel reviews Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
Adrienne RaphelMar 14
Meg Miller interviews Tracy Fuad about “Portal.”
Meg MillerMar 11
Eskor David Johnson reviews Cord Jefferson’s film “American Fiction.”
Eskor David JohnsonMar 9
Seo-Young Chu reviews Mimi Khúc’s “dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss.”
Seo-Young ChuMar 5
David Hering reviews Jonathan Glazer’s film “The Zone of Interest.”
David HeringMar 4
Taylor Yoonji Kang reviews Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep.”
Taylor Yoonji KangFeb 22
Sheila Liming gets to the bottom of Apple TV+ and Katherine Jakeways’s “The Buccaneers.”
Sheila LimingFeb 20
LARB social media director Maya Chen rounds up her ultimate relationship red and green flags for 2024.
Maya ChenFeb 14
Christian Lewis reviews Sasha Velour’s “The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag.”
Christian LewisFeb 12
In a preview of the upcoming LARB Quarterly issue, no. 41: “Truth,” Claire Shaffer muses on how Taylor Swift has begun to recast her personal story...
Claire ShafferFeb 10
Rachel Carroll reviews Saretta Morgan’s “Alt-Nature.”
Rachel CarrollFeb 6
Michael Sandlin reviews Jason Ruiz’s “Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and the War on Drugs.”
Michael SandlinFeb 2
Michael Downs considers the troubled state of the institution that preserves the work of H. L. Mencken.
Michael DownsFeb 2
Grace Byron reviews Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy: Or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism.”
Grace ByronJan 31
Christina Fogarasi reviews Anna Kornbluh’s “Immediacy: Or, the Style of Too Late Capitalism.”
Christina FogarasiJan 31
Philippa Snow examines the anti-heroism offered by Bravo’s reality show “Vanderpump Rules.”
Philippa SnowJan 29
Eliana Rozinov revisits Jane Campion's “A Girl’s Own Story” and “The Piano” on the 30th anniversary of the latter film.
Eliana RozinovJan 27
Patrick A. Howell and Gennike A. Mayers write about the history of interchange between hip-hop music and the Caribbean Community.
Adedayo Agarau reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s “Theophanies.”
Adedayo AgarauJan 16
Natasha Hakimi Zapata interviews Megan Fernandes and Edgar Kunz about their new poetry collections.
Natasha Hakimi ZapataJan 15