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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.”
Culture
Poor Reading, Weak Theory: An Excerpt from “The Amateur”
LARB presents an excerpt from Saikat Majumdar’s “The Amateur: Self-Making and the Humanities in the Postcolony.”
“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.
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.
Lyrical Silicone
Cristóbal Riego explores the hybrid nonfiction writings of Chilean author Pedro Lemebel.
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From the Archive
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Two Bubbles of Unrealism: Learning From the Tragedy of Trump
Bruno Latour on the election of Donald Trump and the coming ecological crisis.
Reviving “Ophelia”: On Returning to the Music of Natalie Merchant
Jenny Boyar writes about her midlife rediscovery of singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant.
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.”
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...
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.
The DMZ at 70
Matthew Longo reflects on the surreal experience of the DMZ, where borders create both division and unity.
Embracing the Chaos: On John Mulaney’s “Everybody’s in L.A.”
Henry Luzzatto puzzles over John Mulaney’s Netflix talk show “Everybody’s in L.A.”
An Excerpt from Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin”
LARB presents an excerpt from Yasmin Zaher’s new book “The Coin.”
A Cloth Woven of Stories Told: John Barth and the Literature of Rectification
Zach Gibson reflects on the late-career achievement of the late novelist John Barth.
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